Soulmates by Sonali Fernando
Soulmates: True stories from the world of online dating is a fascinating, eye-opening and often riotously funny look at modern Britain through the lens of the oddest form of socialising yet invented - internet dating. Online dating has taken the nation by storm - 7.8 million Brits, that's half the population of British singletons, tried it out last year. Beautifully written and researched by award-winning filmmaker and author Sonali Fernando, Soulmates is a deliciously quirky, perceptive and entertaining read. The book features a unique collection of over a hundred true stories from the frontline of online dating, recounted by some of the brilliant and brainy, imaginative and inspiring people who use leading British dating websites. Cultural history meets personal testimony as Sonali Fernando takes the temperature of modern British relationships. Embracing stories told by online daters aged between 21 and 83 she freewheels through themes ranging from dating disasters to long-distance love affairs, cybercourtship to online lies. Here, finally, is a thinking person's guide to online dating that traces the cultural context of this intimate form of social networking and explores the colossal impact of the internet on our personal lives. Life-affirming, poignant and funny,Soulmates offers an utterly fresh and original view of contemporary Britain.
Sonali Fernando is a writer and filmmaker who has directed thirty films for Channel Four, the BBC and independent release. Working in documentary and drama, she has explored themes ranging from the contemporary art market to the new face of imperialism. Her credits include Nine Days That Shook London, India Calling, Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of the Crimea, the multi-award-winning The Body of a Poet and the series Great Excavations, which was filmed in fourteen countries and shown around the world. Sonali has written extensively on cultural issues for a variety of publications. She studied at St Paul's Girls' School, London, where she founded and edited the school newspaper, Phoenix, and read English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780852652022 |
| ISBN 10 | 085265202X |
| Title | Soulmates |
| Author | Sonali Fernando |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Guardian Books |
| Year published | 2006-02-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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