MAKING MARRIAGE SIMPLE Change the Relationship You Have Into the One You Want

Two marriage experts alternate reading this fresh-sounding update of Hendrix’s classic advice that people tend to form romantic partnerships that replay the dynamics they had as children with their parents. As narrators, both authors speak with natural clarity and sound happily engaged with their audience and their ideas. As writers, they use memorable examples, as well as their own marriage struggles, to show how anyone can learn to be more constructive when confronting a challenging partner. Exercises and communication scripts are central to this advice, and some of their directives will sound contrived to couples who believe they’ve tried everything. But these authors persuade one that such devices are necessary to reduce destructive communication and create a safe place for love and respect to grow. T.W. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2013]