"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love."
--Edward O. Wilson

In Why We Love, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love--from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of scientists to scan the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love, Fisher proved what psychologists had until recently only suspected: when you...

THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT OF 2021 'I really enjoyed Space Hopper. It's such an unusual, intriguing novel. It's the first in ages that actually *interested* me' Marian Keyes 'A nostalgic, time-travelling romp' The Independent This is a story about taking a leap of faithAnd believing the unbelievable They say those we love never truly leave us, and I've found that to be true.

But not in the way you might expect. In fact, none of this is what you'd expect. I've been visiting my mother who died when I was eight.

And I'm...

'Nostalgic' The Independent 'Heart-warming' Platinum 'Uplifting' Cosmopolitan 'Beautiful' Stylist 'Quirky' Best If you could go back in time to find answers to the past, would you? For Faye, the answer is yes. There is nothing she wouldn't do to find out what really happened when she lost her mother as a child. She is happy with her life - she has a loving husband, two young daughters and supportive friends, even a job that she enjoys.

But questions about the past keep haunting her, until one day she finally gets the chance...