ALL ABOUT LOVE

A perennial New York Times bestseller and enduring classic of modern American culture.

Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much to give us.Maya Angelou

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy.All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces.

The word love is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb, writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire inAll About Love. Provocative and intensely personal,renowned scholar, cultural critic and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society stricken with lovelessness--not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by societys failure to provide a model for learning to love.

In this landmark book, bellhooks explores the question What is love? Her answers strike at both the mind and heart. Disputing that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for individuals and for a nation.All About Loveis a powerful, timely affirmation of just how profoundly love and community can change hearts and minds for the better.