The Love Playbook: Rules for Love, Sex, and Happiness

by La La Anthony, Karen Hunter

Overview

Reality TV personality La La Anthony shares her hard-won wisdom and no-nonsense advice on love, sex, and relationships while encouraging readers to be true to themselves.

La La Anthony—actress, entrepreneur, star of La La’s Full Court Life, and ex-wife of New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony—found love and success on her own terms. But before she was a strong woman balancing a growing career, a high-profile marriage, and motherhood, she suffered through bad dates, tumultuous relationships, and backstabbing friends. She learned the hard way how to rise above it all to live the life she loves.

In The Love Playbook, La La gives you the play-by-play, from teaching your man the right way to treat a lady to dealing with a fickle friend, and, of course, how to snag a baller.

With her attitude of no nonsense and no judgments, La La is the one her friends come to for relationship advice. She always tells it like it is, and now she's laying down the rules she has learned to live by, while sharing her personal experiences and revealing intimate details about her marriage.

Full of honest and direct advice, The Love Playbook also features real-life examples from her inner circle, including Kelly Rowland, Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams, and more, providing a behind-the-scenes peek at the advice La La doles out to her best friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451472823
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/03/2015
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

La La Anthony is the star of VH1’s hit series, La La’s Full Court Life. She is an actress, TV personality, and entrepreneur. She lives in New York City with her husband NBA star Carmelo Anthony, and son.
 
Karen Hunter has written and published several New York Times bestsellers by authors including Wendy Williams, Kris Jenner, Janet Jackson, and LL Cool J.

Table of Contents

Opening Tip: I'm Not a Relationship Expert, but… 1

Timeout: Why This Playbook 11

Chapter 1 The Daddy Give-and-Go 13

Chapter 2 The Assist: Lessons from Mom and Mami Nina 23

Timeout: "How Do You Make That First Date Less Awkward? 35

Chapter 3 Personal Foul: Young and Dumb! 37

Chapter 4 The Playbook: Have a Game Plan 57

Timeout "How Can I Change a Player?" 71

Chapter 5 One-on-One: Friendship First! 73

Timeout: And Baby Makes Three … but What About the Two? 87

Chapter 6 The Scrimmage: Pros and Cons of Shacking Up 89

Chapter 7 Game Time: The Marriage vs. the Wedding 101

Chapter 8 Salary Cap: His, Yours, and Ours 109

Halftime How Do / Snag a Bailer? 123

Chapter 9 Training Camp: The 60 Day Challenge 125

Chapter 10 My Starting Lineup: Keep Your Friends Close … 135

Timeout: Does He Like Me? 155

Chapter 11 The Rules 157

Chapter 12 The Fake: It May Work in Hoops-Not So Much in Relationships 171

Chapter 13 The Uniform 177

Timeout: Should You Give Him a Freebie? 183

Chapter 14 Ejection: "He Cheated. Now What?" 185

Chapter 15 Looking for a Trade: The Grass Is Not Necessarily Greener 199

Timeout: Opposites Attract, and Complete 207

Overtime Baby Mama Drama 210

Double Overtime: A Message for Kiyan 216

Final Buzzer: It All Comes Back to You 228

Acknowledgments 229