THE NEW RULES OF MARRIAGE What You Need to Know to Make Love Work

"Your expectations of what an intimate relationship is--emotional sharing, mutual support, responsibility, vitality--belong to a new kind of marriage, one very different from your parents' or grandparents'," says the author in this refreshing guide to 21st-century marriage. With specific recommendations, Real explains how to "work" a relationship to a better place in the five realms of human experience--intellectual, emotional, physical, sexual, and spiritual. Tightly written stories of couples dealing with their issues keep the lesson real without straying from the ideas that hold it together. Marc Cashman's straightforward interpretation allows the author's wisdom to shine. The boyish innocence in Cashman's voice will help listeners be more receptive to the ideas--some of the most powerful ever written on marriage. T.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 07]