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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101563056283
ISBN-139781563056284
eBay Product ID (ePID)672216
Product Key Features
Book TitleCan this Marriage Be Saved?
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychotherapy / Couples & Family, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, General, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year1994
IllustratorYes
GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Psychology
AuthorMargery D. Rosen, Ladies' Home Journal Editors
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-004541
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal306.81/0973
Table Of ContentFOREWORDINTRODUCTIONPART ONE-TRUST THE CORNERSTONE OF MARRIAGE"I Was Unfaithful""My Husband Is Having An Affair""My Husband Is a Compulsive Gambler""I Can't Face Another Christmas With This Man""My Husband Was an Alcoholic""I Can't Stand to Have My Husband Touch Me"PART TWO-WHY HUSBANDS AND WIVES STILL CAN'T COMMUNICATE"He Criticizes Everything I Do""My Perfect Husband Wants Out""He's So Irresponsible""We Have Nothing in Common Anymore"He Always Tunes Me Out""We Can't Agree on Discipline""We Can't Deal with Our Daughter's Illness"PART THREE-FIGHTING FAIR: THE FINE ART OF MANAGING ANGER"All He Does Is Scream""He Says I'm Pushing Him Away""I Don't Want to Be a Battered Wife""Anger Was Tearing Us Apart""My Husband Is So Moody""We Can't Stop the Constant Fighting"PART FOUR-WHO'S THE BOSS? THE BATTLE FOR POWER AND CONTROL"My Husband Wants a Perfect Housewife""He's a Child, Not a Husband""Nothing I Do Is Ever Good Enough""We Can't Even Speak Civilly to Each Other""He Things I'm Not Good Enough""My Husband Is a Perfectionist""I'm Not the Girl He Married"PART FIVE-LOVE AND MONEY: HOW TO DEAL WITH DOLLARS AND CENTS"My Husband Can't Handle Money""My Husband Is Having a Mid-Life Crisis""He Says I'm a Shopaholic""We Always Fight About Money""Financial Pressures Are Ruining Our Marriage""My Husband Is a Penny-Pincher"PART SIX-IN THE BEDROOM: UNDERSTANDING INTIMACY"He Wants Me to Be His Sex Slave""We No Longer Have a Sex Life""My Husband Keeps Calling Those Sex Hotlines""My Husband Doesn't Want to Make Love Anymore""My Husband is Impotent"PART SEVEN-THE TIES THAT BIND: HOW OTHER PEOPLE CAN WRECK A MARRIAGE"My In-Laws Are Driving Me Crazy""My Stepdaughters Are Destroying Our Marriage""His Ex-Wife Is Ruining Our Marriage""My Mother-in-Law Is the Other Woman""He's a Super Dad, but an Awful Husband""My Terrible Past Is Destroying our Future""We Can't Have a Baby""He's Not the Man He Used to Be"
SynopsisIt's a publishing phenomenon. Introduced forty years ago, Ladies' Home Journal's' CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?' is the most popular, most enduring women's magazine feature in the world. Drawing every month from the files of professional counselors and therapists, CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?' presents stories of real-life couples in distress and their efforts to overcome it. Now for the first time ever, CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?' is transformed into a book. Selected by series' editor Margery D. Rosen, here is a compilation of the feature's most interesting cases. Scattered throughout are Skill Builders, Do's and Don'ts, Ten Things Never to Argue About, exercises, quizzes, role-playing dialogues and other sidebar material. Selection of the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service, Doubleday Book Club, and Health Book Club.