Sunday, April 3, 2011

5 Truths About Modern Love

In the new book Live and Let Love, each chapter is a letter-slash-essay by a famous woman on a great love she’s experienced—and sometimes the aftermath of its loss. Here, the book’s mastermind, writer and filmmaker Andrea Buchanan talks about her favorite letters and what everyone can learn from them.

REDBOOK: What inspired you to write Live and Let Love?

Andrea: My first book was Note to Self: 30 Women on Hardship, Heartbreak, Humiliation and Overcoming Them All—so I wanted to do a lighter book this time!

REDBOOK: Why did you choose to focus on love?

Andrea: I am endlessly fascinated with the different types of love and how we all access them for different reasons. I don't mean to be corny, and quote the Beatles, but I really believe that "Love is all there is!"

REDBOOK: Were there any surprises along the road while pulling together these letters?

Andrea: I thought the book would be more of a Sex and the City type book, with sex, divorces, dating, marriage etcetera. But as it turns out the stories are layered, some are incredibly sad as well as very funny and not all of them are about romantic love.

REDBOOK: Who wrote your favorite letters and what did you learn from them?

Andrea: 1. Marie Tillman

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