272 pages | Paperback |

A masterful job . . . Communion is a thinking womens (and mans) valentinemore nourishing than candy, more enduring than the floweriest language Hallmark has to offerand a fitting conclusion to hooks groundbreaking work on love in American life.Los Angeles Times

Intimate, revealing, provocative, Communion challenges every female to courageously claim the search for love as the heroic journey she must choose to be truly free. Silencing our fears about becoming women who love too much, Communion answers all of our questions about the place of love in a womans life.

bell hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by the feminist movement, by womens full participation in the workforce, by the culture of self-help and by popular media forces such as television and movies. She celebrates the experiences of women over 30, shares collective wisdom, and the lessons learned as we practice the art of loving. Communion is the heart-to-heart talk every woman needs to hear.