{"product_id":"12-hours-to-a-great-marriage-9780787968007","title":"12 Hours to a Great Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLets you discover the simple, effective strategies that have helped thousands of couples - happily married, having issues, or planning to marry - to develop and protect their love, easily and at your own pace. This book covers one of the key ingredients of the program, like Being Best Friends, and Having Fun Together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve hours to a better marriage, questionable; 12 hours to read the book, feasible. Three of the team of authors who wrote Fighting for Your Marriage expand on that title's speaker-listener techniques with advice on commitment, forgiveness, and expectations. The program represents a no-fuss beginning point for couples starting to realize that marriage is hard work. The writing is direct and effective, and the entire exercise is palatably presented like a baseball game (first base is talking, second is having fun, and so on). The usual, undocumented \"reference shows\" vagaries abound, unfortunately, and advice, though sound, can be both unoriginal (\"how you and your partner treat each other is key\") and generic (\"work to identify and decrease negative behaviors and increase positive ones\"). Still, the techniques are workable and deceptively simple (e.g., \"soften your tone\"), even if they depend heavily on reader determination. Less a rescue manual for troubled marriages than a Cliff's Notes for a successful one, this is an optional purchase for public libraries, which might also consider Laurel Mellin's The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness. (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, November 15, 2003)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Stepping Up to the Plate 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Getting to First\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 1: Taking a Positive Attitude 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 2: Simple Techniques for Talking Safely and Clearly 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 3: Handling Your Issues 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 4: Solving Your Problems 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 5: Great Ground Rules for a Great Relationship 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Reaching Second\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 6: Having Fun 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 7: Enhancing Your Love Life 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 8: Sharing Values and Core Beliefs 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Rounding Third\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 9: Meeting Expectations 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 10: Forgiving 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Safe at Home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 11: Being Friends 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHour 12: Making the Commitment 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Keeping the Program in Play 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting More Help When There Are Serious Problems 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources and Training 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Research and References 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 277\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527486677335,"sku":"9780787968007","price":16.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787968007.jpg?v=1731868035","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/12-hours-to-a-great-marriage-9780787968007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}