The Truth About Love: A Novel About Finding Your (More Than) One, by Liam Scheff
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"Is anybody really monogamous?" That's the question on the mind of Will, a 32-year-old graphic artist working at the bottom rung of a Boston ad agency using his artistic skill to promote juice drinks, while he secretly dreams of painting large canvases like his heroes Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt. He's on the run from a broken heart, still feeling the sting of the break-up with his California girlfriend, who he loved, even though she also loved other women, (which made him run all the way across the country). Now he's back in his old hometown palling around with good time friends, but longing for some truer romance. When he meets the perfect girl at work, she invites him into an exotic arrangement, but he's not sure can keep up. He's cheered on by his drinking buddy Declan, a local bar manager, a source of endless trouble, and it's only his new best friend Helen who keeps his feet on the ground. In this novel about love, sex and romance, the truth is revealed to look nothing like the storybook version, as Will is left to wonder: Is anybody really monogamous? And deep down, is he? ••• In this novel by "Official Stories" author Liam Scheff, you're invited into a world that you'll immediately recognize. In this fictionalized but semi-autobiographical account, we discover that true romance does not require exotic vacations, expensive hotel rooms, or movie-star looks or lines. It occurs without warning, at work, in cars and subways, in elevators and on bridges, at bars and parties, in apartments and on walks and talks with friends and lovers. The book playfully takes on the controversial subjects of non-monogamy, threesomes, bisexuality and more, in a loose, convivial atmosphere, allowing the reader to experience the thoughts and feelings of the characters, their doubts and insecurities, and the love that keeps them going, and coming back for more.
The Truth About Love: A Novel About Finding Your (More Than) One, by Liam Scheff- Amazon Sales Rank: #433078 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-04
- Released on: 2015-03-04
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "I started reading the book and immediately was in awe of the rawness of his life that he was sharing in this latest work. We're getting the story of his own discovery, something from the male perspective and something very real. I wanted to keep reading, to digest it all. I wanted to know more about what was going through his brain in each instance. I couldn't put the book down. I didn't want to. Reading how he loves, it reminds me of how I am loved, and how I love. You don't have to understand, but I do encourage the experience of the read." - Cari-Lee, Recipe For Anarchy.com"I found some of the more intriguing moments in the book were the quiet back and forths between Will and Helen. Through Scheff's beautiful descriptions, I felt myself a welcomed voyeur, sitting in their warm Boston apartment, watching the almost waltz like exchanges of kindness, Asian cooking and friendship." - April Boden, Truther Talk"Loved this book - I felt myself really drawn into it from the start. Liam is a brilliant writer - so descriptive, funny and honest. I felt the characters became my friends and when the book was over, I definitely wanted more. That might be the only thing I didn't like - that it was over!" - Anna Rodgers, MissEcoGlam.com"This has got to be the most straightforward and honest book I have read. Ever. Talk about "keeping it real." This is a story that most people wouldn't have the balls to write. This was a great read." - "Super" Don Naylor, Radio Producer, Robert Scott Bell Show
About the Author Liam Scheff is an author, artist, journalist, radio host and stand-up lecturer on the contemporary myths of sex, religion, science, politics and culture. He is pro-sex, anti- toxic science, and very pro-gardening and permaculture. You can find his work at his website (liamscheff.com), on radio, and on the FBI social network (Facebook). You can read his first book, "Official Stories," a corrective textbook to all the tales he - and probably you - were taught in school. It's a comedic and serious antidote to a century full of tall tales. The "True Romance" series will continue... Keep an eye on Liam's Amazon author page for more.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Trick hormones play By Joan Shenton You’ll enjoy this book if you read it slowly because the best sex is taken slowly and this is a minutely detailed romp, which occasionally breaks into a sweaty canter, through the history of the author’s love-life (he readily admits that the book is semi-autobiographical).Will, the novel’s hero, begins by reprimanding his friend Declan, who is a ‘dog’ for penetrating (with permission) all the women he works with – it’s in and out but no going down – no time he says. Will’s sexual encounters are more erotically and sensually involved, and Scheff describes them well. The descriptions of his sexual exploits are a lesson in how to handle a woman. However, he is still absorbed in his quest to discover whether or not he is, or can be, monogamous and he seems to end up feeling guilty every time.In the meantime, Will has developed a perfect platonic relationship with Helen his flatmate. If ever monogamy existed it is Will’s relationship with Helen – no sex, but a woman he can talk to, who soothes his brow, whose back he strokes, whom he can cuddle when he feels lonely and with whom he can spend Christmas. But can it continue that way...?A friend of mine once told me that “falling in love was a trick your hormones play on you”. If we believe this then we can’t expect to remain monogamous – not, that is, until our hormones abandon us as we approach a graceful older age.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A raw, powerful story of sexual and emotional exploration, self-discovery and self-realization! By W. Scott Pavone I found “The Truth About Love” to be completely engaging; I wanted to devour it in one sitting, but circumstances did not allow me to. Regardless, it is one of those kinds of novels that you just start reading and you don’t want to put down. I found myself wanting to read more and more and more, just because I could not wait to see what transpired next. I completely relate with the conversations that Will had with his friend Declan; and the conversations between Will and his male friends was about as real as I've ever seen in print. I think this book would serve as an excellent insight for women to see what is running through the minds of men regarding sex, love and relationships.At times I would classify Will as a neurotic, erotic, romantic, as demonstrated by his internal, self-conscious struggle with each relationship or opportunity to engage on a physical level with a female (or females, as the case might be); some of Will’s struggle being that of morality, an obvious testament to being raised with traditional values in world filled with counter-culture non-traditional ones; I know this dichotomy well. The other appears to be a struggle that is more personal in nature, more of a performance anxiety or just plain reacting in semi-shock to situations being thrust upon him. (Oh crap! What the hell is going on? What do I do? Do I stink? I need a shower! THEY need a shower! I should brush my teeth! Oh hell, I can’t do this. I’m outta here!) Sadly, or amusingly so, I think we have all been there as well.Because the situations in this book were so varied and raw, I found myself laughing aloud at times, out of their familiarity. The author details his semi-autobiographical tale so vividly I could see the movie version playing out in my head, almost as a “you are there” point-of-view perspective.I found some of the in-depth detail from the cooking segments a bit much for me, leaving me wondering if I was reading a cookbook instead of relationship story, but that’s just me talking, as I understand that the ladies find those parts most endearing. Cooking is still sharing, right? And I also found myself wanting to hear more internal dialogue from Will as he questioned the definition and practice of monogamy in himself and others; but ultimately, the author lays himself bare in this tale of self-discovery. I found the blunt honesty very refreshing. It's very brave and courageous of him to do so for we all know that it is truly he that is the protagonist in his thinly veiled character of “Will,” leaving himself open to either praise or judgmental opinions. And perhaps the other characters’ names have been changed to protect both the naughty and nice, as well! Or, maybe their names are just as real as the story itself!This is truly a self-revelatory “coming out” for the author, as he admits to himself and to the world around him, that he is a self-proclaimed, non-apologetic, non-monogamous person! And he offers up his personal journey, which leads to this self-realized admission, in a way that invites you to examine yourself. Are you non-monogamous, too?Highly recommended reading!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. I've just finished reading the book and I really enjoyed it. I found that the experience of reading ... By Adam Greer I've just finished reading the book and I really enjoyed it.I found that the experience of reading it was a little like being the character Helen; settling down at the end of the day with a close friend whom I know intimately and feel totally comfortable with, sharing stories about our day. Or reading someone's journal; It didn't span over months or years, but gave just a short intimate window into Will's life. It made it all feel very human, very intimate. I really like that style.It reminded me a lot of the feeling I get when I watch a certain style of movie, like the the Richard Linklater films, Before Sunrise/Sunset, that I love, or like Hawaii. Stylistically, the Linklater films are much different to Hawaii; Linklater's movies are filled with intimate dialogue between two people, just one extended conversations about life, a series of stories being shared over a single day. Hawaii, has almost no dialogue in the whole film. And yet they all have me hooked. They don't really go anywhere particularly dramatic, just a slow, steady snapshot in time. Yet they say so much, because the experiences are so human that it almost feels fresh. It's a very taoist idea, that by saying nothing dramatic, they are somehow more profound. There's time to really enjoy the characters and feel like they are really my friends, that it's my journal I'm reading back. And so by the time some of the bigger messages come, towards the end, I felt ready for them.Like the conversation with Declan towards the end of the book (it's not a spoiler, don't worry). It was so understated, their dialogue. It was just a conversation between two friends, about sex. And it moved from shock and surprise, in the dialogue, to ultimately a shared casual acknowledgment of the fact that things really aren't such a big deal; that so much of the drama we create is unnecessary over-complication, taking ourselves, life, sex, experience, far too seriously. Or how Liam casually interwove diet, or attitudes to drinking etc. into the story, that really added to the sincerity of the character.I also really liked the balance between the slow steady style of the story, the dialogue and the occassional passionate sex scenes. The descriptions of Caroline and how he felt about her and enjoyed her, even as a gay man, I found really hot. All the way through I was reading, thinking, God, I actually want to have sex with Caroline, smell her vanilla soft skin, see her nipples, her vagina, right now. Liam writes very passionately and very candidly, but it's never crude or overly lustful. It's always through the eyes of Will, you know, a nice guy. He respects women. And sex. And love. And that comes across.I think the monogamy question was sensitively approached and it raised some interesting questions. I'm still not sure I entirely agree that we cannot be monogamous - I think the subject is highly complex and personal. I know I definitely can feel very much monogamous when I'm in love with someone, to the point of not seeing anyone else as sexually desirable. But I enjoyed the exploration of his own sexuality and realisation, and it helped me to do the same in my own head. I think the point he raises well, is that most of the time, we all have the capacity to be non-monogamous, and that if we accept and embrace this, and feel emotionally secure enough with this idea, and still keep love as the focus of our interactions with all people, it can be a healthy thing.The subtle, casual, light and playful style of this book was a great introduction to exploring our experience and values around love, sex, relationships and morality. And I definitely think this is worth a read.
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