Second Wives : The Pitfalls and Rewards of Marrying Widowers and Divorced Men
Author: Susan Shapiro Barash
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ISBN: 0882821822
Publisher: New Horizon Press (15 May, 2000)
Sales Rank: 120,676
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Second Wives: The Pitfalls and Rewards
Every marriage requires adjustments from each partner. Women who become the second wives of previously married men find themselves facing special problems and adjustments. In Second Wives: The Pitfalls and Rewards of Marrying Widowers and Divorced Men, Susan Shapiro Barash explores the dilemmas and successes of these wives.
Barash speaks from experience--she's been a second wife twice and this is her fourth book involving personal relationships.
She interviewed hundreds of women from a variety of socio-economic and age groups. Although each woman's story is unique, Barash was able to divide them into twelve general categories, such as women dealing with a vengeful first wife, women coping with stepchildren, and women with less life experience than their husbands.
She devotes a chapter to each of the categories. The chapters are filled with stories from women describing the particular problems they faced and how they dealt with them. Some women forged successful marriages, and some did not. Many are still struggling. Each chapter also includes helpful advice and commentary from numerous experts.
Women contemplating marrying a man who has been divorced or widowed will find that Second Wives will help prepare them for the challenges ahead. Those who are already second wives will appreciate learning how others have handled the unique problems they must resolve to make their own marriages happy and healthy.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Second Wives
I found Second Wives by Susan Shapiro Barash a disappointing read. The individual case studies were simplistic to a degree that prevented them from being interesting. Perhaps as a result of this the author's analysis of the data was also too simplistic to be useful. It is hard to imagine how anyone could profit from reading this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Insightful and Informative
Marriage is a tough haul when neither party's been married before, but when one party brings lots of other issues to the table, it's even tougher. Susan Shapiro Barash explores all the ups and downs that come with marrying someone who has an ex -- and gives you much food for thought. She's a gutsy lady -- having been a second wife twice. If all goes the way I'd like it to, I too may have the "second wife" moniker attached to me one day. At least, with Barash's book, I know exactly what I'm getting into, for better or worse. Thank you Susan Shapiro Barash for always dealing with women's issues that are close to our hearts, even if we don't always know it at the time. Similar Products
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