{"product_id":"book-hi4q","title":"The Other Significant Others","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Author Rhaina Cohen's vocal warmth and commitment to her ideas make this a touching audiobook. Her thinking and humanitarian spirit are well served by a performance that resonates with her broad sociological perspectives, as well as her desire to connect with listeners.\"-\u003ci\u003eAudioFile\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rhaina Cohen's moving, intimate portraits of people in unusually devoted friendships upend our cultural narratives about which relationships matter … an arresting work of compassion and insight.\" -Lori Gottlieb, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMaybe You Should Talk to Someone\u003c\/i\u003e and co-host of \u003ci\u003eDear Therapists\u003c\/i\u003e podcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet all our needs? And what can we learn about commitment, love, and family from people who put deep friendship at the center of their lives?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Other Significant Others\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's Rhaina Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner-these are friends who are home co-owners, co-parents or each other's caregivers. Their riveting stories unsettle widespread assumptions about relationships, including the idea that sex is a defining feature of partnership and that people who raise kids together should be in a romantic relationship. Platonic partners from different walks of life-spanning age and religion, gender and sexuality and more-reveal how freeing and challenging it can be to embrace a relationship model that society doesn't recognize. And they show that orienting your world around friends isn't limited to daydreams and episodes of \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, but actually possible in real life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on years of original reporting and striking social science research, Cohen argues that we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too much of them, while we diminish friendships by expecting too little of them. She traces how, throughout history, our society hasn't always fixated on marriage as the greatest source of meaning, or even love. At a time when many Americans are spending large stretches of their lives single, widowed or divorced, or feeling the effects of the \"loneliness epidemic,\" Cohen insists that we recognize the many forms of profound connection that can anchor our lives.  A rousing and incisive book, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Significant Others\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to ask what we want from our relationships-not just what we're \u003ci\u003esupposed\u003c\/i\u003e to want-and transforms how we define a fulfilling life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49351060160816,"sku":"BDhi4q","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hi4q-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777528585","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hi4q","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}