Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits : Secrets of Sustainable Intimate Relationships

This book looks at polyamory, the practice of holding several intimate relationships at once with everyone's knowledge. Rather than treating the subject as a curiosity or a danger, the author places it within its psychological, social and historical background, drawing on research alongside the stories of people who live this way. The discussion covers both the appealing ideals and the harder realities: what commitment can mean without exclusivity, how to weigh one's own needs against loyalty to a partner, and what effects an open arrangement may have on children. It also considers the difficult case where one partner wants monogamy and the other does not. The tone is non-judgmental throughout, aiming to explain a little-understood way of loving to readers who want to understand it better.