Natasha Lunn on lessons in love, hope and grief

The Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania Jarvis

I'm so happy to be back - and I'm so excited about today's guest. Natasha Lunn is a journalist and the author of Conversations On Love, an absolutely gorgeous book in which she interviews authors and experts, while also drawing on her own experience in a series of riveting personal essays. She asks three key questions: how do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it?

This is truly the stuff of life, and I couldn’t put Conversations On Love down. I've known Natasha for a few years, and her fascination with love is totally genuine and infectious. The book - which was born out of her wildly popular newsletter of the same name - takes in both her long quest for romantic love, as well as the aftermath of her miscarriage and her struggle to conceive again. And it explores other kinds of love too: the love between friends, siblings, parents and even strangers. It's so moving and beautifully written - but also funny, warm and wise.

I had such fun recording this episode - it was my first one in person for over a year - hence the birdsong in the background (windows open!!), which I rather love for the summery feel it adds.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Buy the book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/conversations-on-love/natasha-lunn/9780241448731

Instagram: @conversations_on_love / @natashachloelunn / @aliceazania
Twitter: @Natashalunn / @aliceazania

Edited by Chelsey Moore