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<p><b><i>Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?</i> <p>An essential memoir about building life on your own terms</b> <p><b>'Marks an important shift in ideas about intimacy' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><b>'The harbinger of real talent' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><b>'A tender, subversive study of love'</b> <i>NEW STATESMAN</i> <p>When poet Amy Key was growing up, she looked forward to a life shaped by romance, fuelled by desire, longing and the conventional markers of success that come when you share a life with another person. But that didn't happen for her. Now in her forties, she sets out to explore the realities of a life lived in the absence of romantic love. <p>Using Joni Mitchell's seminal album <i>Blue</i> - which shaped Key's expectations of love - as an anchor, <i>Arrangements in Blue</i> elegantly honours a life lived completely by, and for, oneself. Building a home, travelling alone, choosing whether to be a mother, recognising her own milestones, learning the limits of self-care and the expansive potential of self-friendship, Key uncovers the many forms of connection and care that often go unnoticed. <p>With profound candour and intimacy, <i>Arrangements in Blue</i> explores the painful feelings we are usually too ashamed to discuss: loneliness, envy, grief and failure. The result is a book which inspires us to live and love more honestly. <p><b>5* READER REVIEWS: <p>'It broke and mended my heart simultaneously' <p>'Stunning, honest, touching' <p>'An astonishing work, brilliantly written'</b></p>