Love Matters: A Book of Lesbian Romance and Relationships by Ellen Cole

Love Matters: A Book of Lesbian Romance and Relationships is a collection of advice columns and personal reflections that will help lesbian couples validate and appreciate their unique relationships. With excerpts taken from the author s "Love Matters" column in the lesbian newspaper New Phazes, this book explores real-life questions and issues that lesbians have about dating, sex, love, and relationship longevity. From Love Matters, you ll receive honest, informative advice that can help you and your partner share a more open and fulfilling relationship.Offering support, care, and understanding for lesbian couples, Love Matters seeks to recognize the "new female role" for lesbian women. Using her 15-year long relationship as a basis for many of the responses, the author provides you with suggestions and insight into topics relating to lesbian relationships, such as:
keeping sex alive in a long-term relationship
handling finances fairly and successfully
supporting your partner through the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes caused by menopause
identifying the difficulties of dating and what lesbians look for on a date
questioning the purpose of and emotions caused by a long-distance relationship
realizing how homophobia affects love and relationships
While focusing on the joys and experiences of couples, this book also addresses depression and loneliness felt by single lesbians, break-ups, and the death of a partner. You ll find that Love Matters offers comfort, hope, and humor that will help you understand the difficulties and rewards of your lesbian relationship."