Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Fourteen of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Thirteen of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Twelve of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Eleven of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Eight of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Seven of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Six of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Five of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Four of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Three of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Two of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about the first chapter for her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about the foreword and introduction for her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreI wrote this piece a year ago for The New York Times, but the editor killed it several months later. (One reason I think she killed it is she wanted it to be more about mental illness and I wanted it to be more about loneliness. Loneliness can be a symptom of mental illness, but it's not a form of mental illness.) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of loose-tie relationships like those we have with our hairstylists. The COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine have definitely affected our sense of loneliness and belonging. I imagine many of us miss our hairstylists, our bartenders, and our servers at our favorite restaurants, and the ways they help us feel like we belong.
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