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Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home

Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home

Author:
Alex Alberto
Read by:
Alex Alberto
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Book
3
Narrator
3
Release Date
February 27, 2024
Duration
6 hours 39 minutes
Summary
In a series of genre-blending essays read by the author, Entwined tells the story of Alex Alberto’s decade-long polyamorous journey toward a new kind of family.

In these essays, Alex attempts to build two committed relationships at once when no one involved has done this before; develops a powerful bond with the woman their partner loves; sits through a tense Thanksgiving Dinner with religious in-laws; questions the need for rules and hierarchy in their relationships; experiences the intensity of a triad; wrestles with the fragility baked into the nuclear family after their father’s stroke; and explores their queerness and gender identity in English, in New York, and struggles to reconcile their newfound self in their native French-Canadian language and culture.

Entwined explores the fuzzy lines between friendship, romance, and family with various essay forms, including a play, an advice column, and a love letter. Yes, there are challenges, but rather than wallowing in the throes of jealousy, this memoir celebrates the hard work of creating a love life that resists conventional narratives.

WHAT EARLY READERS SAY ABOUT ENTWINED:

'Entwined is a goddamn bible for poly-curious people.'

—Chloe Caldwell (she/her), 37, questioning

'Entwined is about the desire to create a life outside of capitalism, heteronormativity, and the patriarchy.'

—Samantha Paige Rosen (she/her), 33, queer and monogamous

'Entwined had me captivated from start to finish. It will no doubt influence my approach to romance and family.'

—Rio C. (she/her), 21, queer, trans, and curious about polyamory

'I laughed, cried, and felt my heart fill the fuck up.'

— Dan D. (they), 36, queer and newly navigating non-monogamy within a lifelong partnership.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Kelsey M. Dec 2025

Such a beautiful and intricate exploration of polyamory. To me, this book is very much needed for anyone curious or practicing. Alex reading it feels like listening to a wise, caring friend sharing their lived experience with insight & honesty

Profile Avatar M M. Oct 2025

as someone experienced in polyamory and supporting others with it, I was saddened to hear the amount of hierarchy and rules this book tends to treat as normal whilst discussing the non-hierarchical structure that the author claims to prefer. this is a good example of many things that people new to polyamory get wrong about autonomy and the bounds of each relationship, but often without them being owned by the author or in any way discussing how to do better on those elements, up to and including conversations that are often disrespectful, both to those present and those not in the room. I can see the appeal for the storytelling element, but this is not a book that can teach you how to have healthy and secure polyamorous connections with any form of balance, I am sad to say.

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