Marriage in Motion: The Natural Ebb and Flow of Lasting Relationships
Author: Jacqueline Olds, Ricahrd S. Schwartz, Richard S. Schwartz
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ISBN: 073820238X
Publisher: Perseus Publishing (15 October, 2000)
Sales Rank: 200,025
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Interesting reading, thoughtful insights
Easy to read in a colloquial, flowing style the narrative presents overwhelming concepts in a pattern thoughtful and clear. It's helpful to see how the authors support each observation with research, data and case studies. The book is presented in such a way that it can address a broad audience both in age and stage of life. If you do buy this book however, please keep in mind that relationships do not have to be "all ebb-flow-all oceans come an end" which is what the authors suggest.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Cheaper than therapy and just as useful
While reading this book I found myself thinking that it would be great to have the authors as therapists for me and my spouse. By the time I was finished I felt I had, feelings shared by my spouse, who also read it. This book manages to pack an amazing amount of useful information into a small enough volume that my usual excuse - I don't have the time to read - could not be applied to avoid it. With its good-humored, down-to-earth yet professional style I found it reader-friendly and genuinely instructive.If your marriage is not an absolute wreck this book could help you save a considerable amount of money by either obviating the need for, or shortening the length of, marriage counseling.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Friends of marriage
Reading this book about marriage is like talking to wise and thoughtful friends who know what it takes to make it work. They are friends of marriage, describing it with compassion, and prescribing commitment, flexibility, attention, respect for its rhythms, and tender loving care. I think this book is even better than the authors' first (on loneliness) and that anyone who reads it will be graced with insights into his own relationships, supported by fascinating field trips to a range of fields of knowledge as well as the sound seconding of intuition.
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