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My calculated search for love Loretta Neal Grad Studio I School of Design Carnegie Mellon University Fall 2011t

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My calculated search for love

Loretta NealGrad Studio ISchool of DesignCarnegie Mellon UniversityFall 2011t

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I’m driven to share myself so completely because I don’t want to feel alone, isolated and disconnected anymore. I had enough of that growing up.

This is really about my search for love to make up for a childhood characterized by subtle but profound emotional neglect.

But what is this really about?

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I dedicate this book to Ed and Max because they DO love me and have all along. They were loving me the only way they knew how when I was a girl. The only difference now is that I know they love me; I can feel it.

Now I consider these two the very best men I know. And I love them right back.