Live Life. Freedom from Manipulation

Do you think pickup is just a way to meet quickly and seduce? In reality, over a decade it has shaped an entire environment of people who professionally manage feelings and behavior. Men who have mastered techniques for total control of a woman. Their target—bright, beautiful, successful. You’re sure, “This won’t work on me!”—but what if right now he’s looking you in the eye?

Love or manipulation? A dream man or a calculating player? A happy woman or a compliant doll in someone else’s hands? The heroine’s story answers these questions. A novel that captivated hundreds of thousands of readers and became the basis of the TV series “Living Life.” A story after which so much will no longer be the same.

Anna Boginskaya is the author of bestsellers, a writer, a business analyst, and a radio host. Among her well-known books: “Living Life,” “The Sin of Forgiveness,” “The Code: Reward,” “Bondage by Love. How to Get Yourself Back,” “Healing by Love. Relationships for Life.” Her novels about getting out of manipulative relationships and achieving internal transformation have been translated into English and are read in 62 countries. Based on her works, a stage production has been mounted and the film “Living Life” has been made.

“‘Love or manipulation’—this formula became the key to adapting ‘Living Life’ for the screen. These days, we too easily confuse the meaning: we take adrenaline for a feeling, and anxiety for ‘butterflies.’ Have toxic relationships become the usual norm? Have we forgotten how to tell love apart?

Anna Boginskaya’s trilogy is an exact and detailed study of psychological manipulation, hidden inside a gripping romantic plot. The book can hurt: together with the heroine, you will go through dozens of painful triggers. But closing the last page, you will most likely feel that it’s become easier to breathe.

Because here there is both light and longing for real love in its true meaning—and, most importantly, a remedy for the victim syndrome.” — Darya Moroz, creative producer, showrunner, actress in the TV series “Living Life”