Laurie Essig's 'Love, Inc.'

Many folks are guilty of fantasizing about a romantic happily-ever-after. But in Love, Inc., Laurie Essig argues that the dreams of sparkly wedding gowns and white picket fences are only a distraction from the country’s political, economic and social issues. Essig uses examples like the increased ratings for the Hallmark Channel during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as evidence that we clutch to the idea of true love and focus on our private lives to avoid the uncontrollable public sphere. Follow your heart to Porter Square Books on March 4. / Morgan Hume