Soulmates: True Stories From the World of Online Dating |  | Author: Sonali Fernando
Publisher: Random House UK
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 085265202X
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7302854678
EAN: 9780852652022
ASIN: 085265202X
Publication Date: April 15, 2010
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Product Description
Online matchmaking is the dating phenomenon of our times. In 2007, 7.8 million Britons used some form of online dating service in pursuit of romance, and no fewer than one thousand people sign up to the Guardian dating service Soulmates every week. In fact, there is a 50:50 chance that any single person you know logs on to find love. This book is a quirky guide to the world of online dating, showing you how to construct the perfect profile, giving tips on dating etiquette, and offering bags of advice to help you find the right match. Along the way, you'll be treated to true stories of adventures in the online dating world that are witty, eye-opening, and, in places, toe-curlingly embarrassing or heart-warmingly touching. Whether you're thinking of logging on to kick-start your love life or just to meet new people, or even if you simply want to find out a bit more about this fast-growing phenomenon, Soulmates will prove interesting—and enlightening—reading.
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All life is here March 10, 2010
Julia Courtauld
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You feel, on reading this unusual book, that all life is here. Well OK, maybe not all life - but along with the expected crop of Guardian Soulmates members, there are people from every permutation of dating website you could imagine - from sites for parents and sites for lesbians to one that seems to specialise in toy boys for older women: one chapter in, it starts to dawn on you that the whole of the western world must be dating online. Reading this book is like going to a secret party full of bright, entertaining and thoughtful people of all ages and backgrounds who have been brought together by a big-hearted, generous host. The author introduces her guests with a wry, admiring affection, and sets their individual stories within the bigger frame of Modern Life, riffing interestingly on such related themes as how the internet is changing us, the kinds of lies people tell online and the re-invention of the traditional `lonely heart'. Don't expect your typical fluffy dating book: Soulmates is an enjoyable and eye-opening read that offers many rewards but expects you to engage your brain.
I read it on a long train journey, and, as we racked up the miles, I was acutely aware that any one of my fellow passengers could be living the intriguing experiences that are described anonymously in this book. I smiled a lot and even laughed out loud, but not every story is funny. Some tales are flooded with sadness and loss. Some are moving, such as one about a woman who realised that her online love affair was just an exquisite illusion; others are surprising and quite sexy, such as one that charts a woman's first year of returning to men after twenty years of being gay. Some are beautiful and uplifting; others etch out human bad behaviour in excruciating detail. Some are hauntingly lyrical; others gleefully bitchy.
All in all, Soulmates takes you on an uproarious, thought-provoking and affecting tour of the world of online dating. It comes as quite a relief to find that, despite all the dodgy stories you hear, there are plenty of internet daters out there who are intelligent, witty, loving, interesting - and available.
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