The golden condom: and other essays on love lost and found

Part I: Hopeless love

Leaving unloving lovers and unfriendly friends

Of human bondage: obsessive love

Vengeance is mine: the dark side of rejected love

Betrayal

Unrequited love: my golden one

Part II: Difficult love

The man who could not love

The tantalizing mentor and the passionate protégé

Traumatic friendship

Part III: Fulfilled love

Late first marriage: the triumph of hope over resignation

Love is stronger than the grave

Love him, hate his politics: how a liberal and a conservative stay married

Recovering the good from a love gone bad.