A mosaic of human connections in all their sexy and shameless shades – from breaking up to making out, quiet contentment to agonising loneliness, sexting to ghosting, friendships to ‘fuckboys’, pregnancy loss to profound fulfilment.
‘🤌' – Maya Jama
‘Utterly fascinating’ – Bernardine Evaristo
‘Dolly Alderton for people who don’t just do missionary’ – Anon
‘Obsessed’ – Diana Vickers
If you’ve ever checked your ex’s social media at 2am – or their new partner’s LinkedIn (because it’s the only social profile you can access) – or if everyone thinks you’re the perfect couple but you’ve been drifting apart for years – then you’ve probably felt a smarting of shame. But let me tell you something radical: your darkest secrets, your most repulsively shameful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours: you’re not alone.
Featuring 250 tantalising, unfiltered anonymous confessions, this book slips beneath the surface of modern relationships to reveal the raw hidden truths behind their most intimate layers.
These aren’t love stories – they’re stories about love.
About the Author :
Philippa Found is a London based artist, curator and writer focussing on the female experience. She is the creator of Lockdown Love Stories and is herself an accomplished writer having won awards for short stories, including the Bath Short Story Award and Short Fiction Prize. She has also published a three-part non-fiction book which was nominated for the Feminism and Women's Studies Book award in 2011. Found has curated multiple art exhibitions in the UK and served as director of ROLLO Contemporary Art for six years.
Review :
‘🤌’ – Maya Jama
‘Utterly fascinating’ – Bernardine Evaristo
’Superb … like reading the sealed section of Girlfriend magazine’ – The Lit List
“Didn’t put it down once. Loved it with my whole heart” – Julie Adenuga
‘Dolly Alderton for people who don’t just do missionary’ – Anon
‘Opened up just to have a look and couldn't put it down’ – Emily Slapper, author of Everyone I Know is Dying
‘Obsessed’ – Diana Vickers
‘Most of the stories are universal ones – in both time and experience … much to find amusing, sad and comfortingly familiar’ – Pippa Bailey, The New Statesmen
‘A diverse and authentic portrait of contemporary relationships, It’s Complicated collages kinky, wholesome, heartbreaking, juicy, surprising snapshots spanning many generations and lifestyles to tell a universal story about the search for love, sex, connection and self-realization.’ – May-Lan Tan
