REAL LOVE: The Truth About Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships
Greg Baer, Gregory S. Baer, . . Gotham, $23 (268pp) ISBN 978-1-59240-000-3
The most remarkable aspect of this self-help book is the author's avowal that he's been there, too, while he stretches a rudimentary concept into a full-blown book. Baer's message is simple. People toiling away in lukewarm relationships are lacking "real love"—the ability to care unconditionally about the happiness of another person. "When we're unhappy, our misery is not the fault of our partner. Blaming that person is therefore foolish, wasteful and destructive, because no matter how much we demand or insist, he or she cannot make us happy." Ophthalmologist Baer (
Reviewed on: 11/04/2002
Genre: Nonfiction