Women very rarely make promises at the start of a lover affair. In fact it is men who say 'We'll always be friends' or who swear eternal love. Why is this? Starting with the motif of the promise, by way of the Brontes, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Daphne du Maurier, Nick Leeson and Elizabeth I, psychoanalyst Darian Leader explores the essential questions about love, sex and fidelity.
- ISBN13 9780571193790
- Publish Date 19 October 1998 (first published 20 October 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 September 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English