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She succeeds by bringing us deftly and irresistibly into her most intimate pains and joys, stretching our understanding of what commitment and autonomy mean.' -Dr. Wednesday Martin, author of Untrue \u0026amp; Primates of Park Avenue  'The only problem I had picking up this book was putting it back down. 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An award-winning journalist, she interviewed scientists, psychologists, and people living and loving outside the mainstream as she searched to understand what polyamory would do to her heart, her mind, and her life. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With an unflinching eye and page-turning storytelling, \u003ci\u003eOpen\u003c\/i\u003e is groundbreaking in both its documentarian approach to polyamory and its explicit subject matter. 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