Go Away, Come Closer: When What You Need the Most is What You Fear the Most, a Book about Intimacy

by Terry Hershey

We can't live completely isolated from others. We can try. But, intimacy has always been a risky business. Hard to figure out, harder to achieve. This book reassures the reader that a lifestyle of intimacy is a risk worth taking. It is a reflective and personal look at how our fear pushes others away; our relentless pursuit of intimacy via romance and ecstacy; our inability to find acceptance where we are; and our need to see intimacy as a celebration of life as it is and not as it should be. There are a lot of people and books that will tell you what to do--five easy steps and all that--and even more to make you feel downright horrible for what you didn't do. This book doesn't tell you what to do. It give you permission to recognize that the journey begins with you.

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jim Dubois · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a post-divorce world where hurt and emotional scars are prevalent, this book helps us understand that we are not alone and that everyone is just as scared as we are. The protective walls we put to guard ourselves are the very things that event us from having true intimacy.