Joan's picks: 8 Rules of Love and Amazing Grace Adams

8 Rules of Love by Jay Shetty – author of Think Like a Monk which is brilliant. It’s a guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science. Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now. Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before. He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don’t break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.  Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood. One hot summer’s day Grace Adams is stuck in her car in a traffic jam when suddenly she snaps and gets out, abandons the car and just walks away. This is a woman who can’t take it any more – her husband’s divorcing her, her daughter has banned her from her birthday party (and her life)  and she just wants to deliver some love, and a cake. Which takes all day as she makes her way on foot through London, making a mess of her journey and trying to come to terms with what life has thrown at her.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.