#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah’s Bookclub 2016 Selection “Riveting…a worthy investment…this book has real wisdom.” –New York Times Book Review “Provocative….I adore her honesty, her vulnerability, and her no-nonsense wisdom, and I know you will, too.” –Oprah Winfrey The highly anticipated memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Love Warrior tells the story of her journey of … anticipated memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Love Warrior tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.
Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out–three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list–her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew to hold on to what she discovered in recovery: that her deepest pain has always held within it an invitation to a richer life.
Love Warrior is the story of one marriage, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible for any of us when we refuse to settle for good enough and begin to face pain and love head-on. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another–and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they’ve been taught so that they can finally, after thirteen years of marriage, commit to living true–true to themselves and to each other.
Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are born to be warriors: strong, powerful, and brave; able to confront the pain and claim the love that exists for us all. This chronicle of a beautiful, brutal journey speaks to anyone who yearns for deeper, truer relationships and a more abundant, authentic life.
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This was a great read. I borrowed this from a library, but I want my own copy. For someone who has been through much angst the author has learned much wisdom. I have read all of Glennon Doyle Melton’s books and I would recommend them to young and old alike.
Great read for starting life over several times in one lifetime.
Interesting and well written even though I didn’t agree with everything she said.
Loved this book!
I tried, I really tried, but at about the midpoint of this book I started skipping so many pages I finally just succumbed to my truth and let it go.
I am well aware that this a good writer, an excellent writer, and I do understand the genre of “survivor memoirs” and their ability to inspire and empower those for whom the narrative resonates. But for whatever reason, the style of the writing, with its almost breezy stripping of the writer’s every thought, making each one as important and essential whether talking about yoga or alcoholism, became wearying to me. The sheer minute-by-minute-by-minute-by-minute account of the writer’s marriage and the revelations that arose from it (and other revelation-inducing life events) became wearying to me as a reader. I left her sometime during the yoga section and left without knowing whether or not she and her husband ever had sex again or ever decided to give it a real go again — and I feel sorta bad about that, as, no doubt, much went into this life and this book — I just found the mountain of details wore me down too much to care.
I’m sorry to leave this review because I applaud anyone who transcends their demons to find a new and more self-preserving life. But maybe I’ve read too much of this genre at this point. Maybe the revelations and epiphanies that fascinated this writer to the point of microscopic examination have already been covered in other fine books I’ve read. I dunno. All I know is, she lost me along the way.
I wish her well, however it went, and congratulate her on both the success of her life and, is seems, this book. From what I can see it’s having quite an impact and that’s a good thing.
“Eat Pray Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert’s excellent praise for “Love Warrior” on the books cover is a great review of Glennon Doyle Melton’s memoir. After reading both books I agree that “Love Warrior” is a “sister memoir” to Gilbert’s book. I’m a Senior and I was amazed I learned things about myself while reading. Wish I would have had the opportunity to read it at a younger age. It is truly inspiring and will make you want to change your life to become a better person and a better spouse.
This book alternately bored and angered me. The author droned on and on about her problems, most of which were self-inflicted. I finished the book because I want to be able to speak with authority when I tell my book club how much I dislike it.
This was a very transparent memoirs from a very troubled young woman. Loved the way this book ended however was upset that they chose to divorce anyway. I am rating this three because I accept the choice that the author made even though I don’t agree with it.