Its Complicated: Confessions of messy modern love

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Its Complicated is a mosaic of human connections in all their shades from breaking up to making out, quiet contentment to agonising loneliness, sexting to ghosting, navigating friendships to fuckboys, pregnancy loss to profound fulfilment.
Maya Jama

Didnt put it down once. Loved it with my whole heart. Julie Adenuga

If youve ever checked your exs social media at 2am or their new partners LinkedIn (because its the only social profile you can access) or are having sex with your partner knowing youre going to leave or if you cant stop thinking about the one who broke your heart a decade ago or if everyone thinks youre the perfect couple but youve been drifting apart for years or if youre swiping to fill a void then youve probably felt a smarting of shame. But let me tell you something radical: your darkest secrets, your most repulsively shameful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours: youre not alone.

This short story collection, showcasing over 250 real-life anonymous submissions, peels back the layers of modern relationships. Each story gives a glimpse into the lives of others; cultivating empathy and reminding us of our shared humanity. By reading about others' experiences, we learn to understand and embrace ourselves better our desires (or lack of) and those burning, poisonous, suffocating, uncomfortable feelings.

The short stories are grouped into sections mirroring the stages of a relationship, including platonic ones. These arent love stories theyre stories about love.

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   EXES
   SINGLE
   HOOKING UP
   DATING
   ITS COMPLICATED
   FRIENDS & FAMILY
   IN A RELATIONSHIP
   BREAK-UPS

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🤌 Maya Jama

Author Bio

Philippa Found is a London based artist, curator and writer focussing on the female experience. She is the creator of Lockdown Love Stories and is herself an accomplished writer having won awards for short stories, including the Bath Short Story Award and Short Fiction Prize. She has also published a three-part non-fiction book which was nominated for the Feminism and Women's Studies Book award in 2011. Found has curated multiple art exhibitions in the UK and served as director of ROLLO Contemporary Art for six years.