{"product_id":"between-love-and-lust-a-manifesto-against-emotional-half-truths-9798248885886","title":"Between Love and Lust: A Manifesto Against Emotional Half-Truths","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sabina Shah | Santos Chand\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Self-Esteem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern intimacy is built on hesitation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe call it freedom.\u003cbr\u003eWe call it complexity.\u003cbr\u003eWe call it keeping things \"simple.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn truth, it is avoidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetween Love and Lust\u003c\/b\u003e is a bold work of philosophical and literary nonfiction that confronts one of the defining failures of the modern age: the refusal to choose. It exposes how emotional ambiguity-relationships without clarity, desire without commitment, intimacy without accountability-slowly erodes identity, dignity, and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book draws a hard line where culture insists on gray. It argues that the human heart is not designed for limbo. There is no safe middle ground between promise and convenience, no lasting warmth without responsibility, no intimacy without consequence. What we often mistake for sophistication is, in reality, fear dressed in softer language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough precise moral insight and a powerful narrative arc, the book reveals lust not merely as physical desire, but as a governing philosophy-one that prioritizes pleasure over permanence, self-interest over sacrifice, and comfort over truth. In contrast, love is presented as discipline, courage, and choice: an anchor in a culture addicted to drift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its core is the story of Maya, a woman living inside a relationship defined by ease rather than commitment. As desire outpaces clarity, doubt replaces security, and intimacy gives way to anxiety. Her unraveling is not exceptional-it is emblematic of a generation taught to avoid definition at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a romance.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not self-help.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not reassurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetween Love and Lust\u003c\/b\u003e challenges readers to confront the consequences of indecision and the silent damage caused by emotional convenience. It demands honesty where excuses are easier, courage where avoidance feels safer, and responsibility where culture offers endless escape routes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no half-measures.\u003cbr\u003eThere is no neutral ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly love, or lust-and the void created when we refuse to choose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47569295999127,"sku":"9798248885886","price":1273.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798248885886.webp?v=1774874471","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/between-love-and-lust-a-manifesto-against-emotional-half-truths-9798248885886","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}