Book Description
Susan Page’s bestselling relationship book has been translated into 18 languages, is being read in more than 25 countries, and its mass-market edition has sold more than 158,000 copies. At the heart of this book are Page’s famed 10 strategies for readers to better self-understanding and ultimately a fulfilling relationship. Filled with revealing anecdotes, case studies, and quizzes, the book’s down-to- earth guidance will appeal to everyone who devoured books like Mars and Venus on a Date and Getting the Love You Want, and anyone who wants a fulfilling intimate relationship.
"Behold a wonder–a romantic self-help book that is intelligent, upbeat, practical, useful, winning, and even wise." –Kirkus Reviews
Customer Reviews:
A Must Read For Anyone Who's Ever Asked TheQuestion.......2007-10-07
If you have ever wondered why you're single, this is the book for you. It surpassed my expectations and is something I'll be recommending to friends. The book deals with the complexities in personal relationships and causes you to analyze your own behavior and confront some of your issues. It is LESS about men and their behavior and more about you: Which is the way to find healthy love by having happiness begin with you. Some great topics it covers are: examining your hidden ambivalence, how to say no when you're in the wrong relationship, how to detect and avoid men who aren't going to commit, and the best part: how to identify and say no to "BTN's", which are better than nothing relationships. A pivatol point in the book was when she discussed how you can be with a really great guy, but there might be one thing missing. And if it's something big then you have to walk away rather than settle for someone who is "almost" Mr. Right. I think many people settle and this book will show you how not to.
Very interesting and useable helpful hints.......2007-09-27
Very interesting hints and points how to meet people who match with your intrests and needs.
Step one, find a huge group of availble partners .......2007-07-05
If you really don't know how to attract a mate, are subconsciously avoiding finding one, or tend to make poor choices....this book is for you. On the other hand, if you would love to find the perfect life partner but are limited by the number of available people of the same sexual orientation, age, attractiveness or social class, this book will not help you. It depends heavily on your having a reasonably large dating pool. She makes it sound like everyone has enough people in their social circle to create an endless reject list if necessary.
Non-sentimental, good advice.......2007-05-18
It will probably make you want to break up with the person you are dating...which may be why you are reading the book. I thought the first half of the book was the best part and had some very good points and was insightful. The second half of the book--less interesting. But I did buy it for a few girlfriends who needed to read it.
OUTSTANDING!.......2007-01-30
I bought this book in 1990 and still have my copy with multi-layers of highlighting. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I learned so much and, to this day, I still use the term "psuedo intimacy" in discussions about relationships. (I also refer to "psuedo love" which SP does not use in her book but which is clearly inspired by her and inferred.)
From Chapter 6: "Understanding the distinction between pseudo-intimate games and real intimacy is the best defense against getting deeply involved with a person who cannot open up to you, become vulnerable, and share closely in the way a lifetime of living together demands." "...now, a relationship can move from formal to friendly to sexual in the course of one evening. ... The (Closeness Game) game looks and feels like genuine intimacy but leaves you feeling empty in the end."
From Chapter 10: "...if you are still single because of a lack of self-awareness and self-acceptance, then all the strategies and techniques in the world won't be very useful to you. A good relationship with yourself is a prerequisite for a successful relationship with the person you love. If you don't love yourself, you will place an unfair and impossible burden on your partner: you will try to get him or her to make you feel good about yourself. ...self awareness is an ongoing, ever expanding process."
That and much, much more is contained within the pages of this book. Highly, highly, highly recommended. Life-changing (for the better).
Book Description
Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications. This book is essential reading for preteens.
Customer Reviews:
Awesome!.......2007-07-25
Dennis and his family do a tremendous job of explaining to the preteen the pitfalls that will come along. As
parents we need to provide as much useful information as possible. There is also a short section for each
gender which help with those "hard to explain" things (especially for a single parent). Both of my children
(1 boy & 1 girl) liked this book. After I looked it over, I wrote a loving note inside the front cover & gave it to
my son. When he was done with it I gave it to my daughter. I wish I had this book at the appropriate age in my
life.
Passport to purity book.......2007-06-11
This book is all the information from the passport to purity program. Nice to have if you want to review part or all of the program without going throught the CDs again.
Realistic and practical advice, if you don't want your kids overly self-centered pleasure seeking.......2006-12-20
This book is very good in being very frank about snares and traps that related to early teen dating. I don't want my girls date too early, because I don't want them get hurt. I do hope they respect God's design of this virgin psychology, that once lost, it can't be restored to the orignial sense, so why not heed all the warnings up front?
Makes you scared.......2006-01-03
This book just basically tells you whats coming up in your future as a teen. That you gonna be confronted with drugs, sex, and other things, but it makes you sort of scared to be a teenager. Like it says you shouldn't hold hands because it leads to sex. Taking everything just out of proportion. Makes it sound like your going to burn in hell for doing the littlest things. I wouldn't recommend giving this to your child, or they might fear growing up.
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Book Description
It doesn't have to hurt to be in love, yet for many otherwisde accomplished and confident people, romantic involvement means anxiety, insecurity, and pain. This provocative and authoritative sourcebook, filled with true-life stories and dramatic case histories, will set every reader on a path of greater self-understanding -- and increase the possibilities of finding an enduring love.
Customer Reviews:
It still happens today!.......2006-09-20
After what I have gone through, your book is like looking in a mirror. It's amazing how like me these other folks (case histories in the book) were before 1989. I can also see how people met eachother for romance purposes back then, and sometimes still do today. I mean we didn't have matching services like eHarmony and after becoming emotionally attached it is much harder to say, "I don't think we are are good match."
Cases Without Real Solutions!.......2005-10-22
My review is ditto to Crystal's and Ellie's reviews--not enough information about overcoming one's own psychological problems that lead to unhealthy relationship attachments and possessiveness.
I can see clearer know !.......2005-06-16
Excellent Book !! This book was a gift for myself, and I am amazed at the extensive analysis of anxiously attached people, that it provides. I have a clearer view know as to why I behave like I behave in relationships, as well as why I tend to choose the partners I have chosen. It's all a cycle. It was a long read, but it's really, really worth it. All the examples of other people's experiences that are described in the book, were real eye openers. I am hoping this is a good step to start changing my behavioral patterns.
What a waste.......2005-01-06
I was sooooo disappointed. I had high expectations for this book and found that it was really nothing more then stories told from a counselors chair. This book told me nothing about how to overcome the problems, but instead focused on experiments conducted to account for jealous partners. Truly a waste...there are other books out there that are much more useful.
Enlightening! .......2004-12-05
This book was very helpful to me. I was in a very abusive relationship, and it was very helpful to know how to overcome being insecure, so I could move on and live my life to the fullest. I would recommend this book for anyone who needs to know what they're so insecure about, and also about whats going wrong in your relationship. It is very helpful--take it from someone who now isn't insecure about themselves, and can love people once again.
Book Description
Any woman can be a sexy bitch — tiny or tall, fat or thin, dazzlingly beautiful or ordinary. And she doesn't need to strut atop 5-inch spiked heels to entrance men with her sexuality. A Sexy Bitch isn't born, she makes herself with one thing: her attitude.
Teaching techniques that really work — from seductive flirting, clever kissing, and frolicking foreplay to hot sex positions, talking dirty, and playing dress-up — So You Wanna Be a Sexy Bitch is a road map to raising a woman's self image in the area of life where it matters most: sex. As her sexual confidence grows, she will project her newfound sexy bitch attitude to the world, where men will predictably respond with uncontrollable desire.
Customer Reviews:
Loved it!!.......2007-10-04
This is an excellent book, all the way around. It has real advice, too, things that you can acutally apply in the real world to get more of what you want. It's about being a confident woman and sexy at the same time. Loved it!! I also liked Good Sex: A Woman's Guide to Losing Inhibition.
What a fun, sexy read...with real life applications!.......2007-03-13
This book is tons of fun.
Gives great, REAL LIFE advice.
Tons of confidence boosters....LOVE IT!
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Gerald and Sara Murphy were the golden couple of the Lost Generation. Born to wealth and privilege, they fled the stuffy confines of upper-class America to reinvent themselves in France as legendary party givers and enthusiastic participants in the modernist revolution of the 1920s. He became an important painter; she made everyday life a work of art. Their friends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos all based fictional characters on the Murphys; Picasso painted them; and Calvin Tomkins rekindled their glamour for a younger generation in his affectionate 1971 portrait, Living Well Is the Best Revenge. Amanda Vaill's vivid new biography builds on Tomkins's work to provide a full-length account of the Murphys' remarkable life together.
As well as good times, that life included suffering endured with great courage. The Murphys' teenage sons died within two years of each other in the mid-1930s--one suddenly, one after a long battle with tuberculosis--and the Depression forced Gerald to resume the uncongenial work of managing his family's business. Vaill's sensitive rendering reveals the moral substance that enabled this stylish couple to survive heartbreak. But it's her marvelous evocation of those magical expatriate years that lingers in the memory. The wit and imaginative panache with which the Murphys lived sparkles again, recapturing a splendid historical moment. As Sara later said, "It was like a great fair, and everybody was so young." --Wendy Smith
Book Description
Gifted artist Gerald Murphy and his elegant wife, Sara, were icons of the most enchanting period of our time; handsome, talented, and wealthy expatriate Americans, they were at the very center of the literary scene in Paris in the 1920s. In
Everybody Was So Young--one of the best reviewed books of 1995--Amanda Vaill brilliantly portrays both the times in which the Murphys lived and the fascinating friends who flocked around them. Whether summering with Picasso on the French Riviera or watching bullfights with Hemingway in Pamplona, Gerald and Sara inspired kindred creative spirits like Dorothy Parker, Cole Porter, and F. Scott Fitzgerald (Nicole and Dick Diver in
Tender is the Night were modeled after the Murphys). Their story is both glittering and tragic, and in this sweeping and richly anecdotal portrait of a marriage and an era, Amanda Vaill "has brought them to life as never before" (Chicago Tribune).
Customer Reviews:
"Making It New".......2007-09-06
I had to go out and buy this book after seeing "Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy" at the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, MA. The book is terrific, but if you're interested in this period, its writers and artists than track down this exhibit. It's a wonderful and extraordinary show about the Murphys and those they were friends with. Paintings, theater pieces, diary entries, letters, amazing photographs, home movies and more illustrate that the Murphys were really an essential part of the 1920s and 1930s. An argument can be made that they were the center that everything spun out from. It is absolutely sensational.
The Murphys: maybe more interesting than their pal Fitzgerald.......2007-04-01
Zelda Fitzgerald died on March 10, 2005. Hers was a terrible death --- she was a patient at the Highland Mental Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, and the building caught fire, and because the patients were locked in, Zelda and eight others died. She was 48.
Her life had, effectively, ended years earlier, when she had the first of her breakdowns and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Or had it ended earlier than that? Perhaps with the death of her estranged husband, the once glamorous, then ruined F. Scott Fitzgerald, in 1940. Or maybe even earlier, on the Riviera, in 1924, when she had a dalliance with a French aviator that so enraged that her husband she tried to kill herself a few months later. Or even earlier, when Scott started appropriating her personality and her ideas for the characters in his novels.
Yes, but for a few years there, they had it all, didn't they? They were the Golden Couple, the personification of the '20s: young, beautiful, gifted. But not smart about fame, although, back then, almost no one understood how the flame of media draws you in, consumes you for the amusement of an uncaring public, and leaves you with ashes in your mouth and regret in your heart.
No, wait. Some people did grasp that. The Murphys did. And, as Amanda Vaill tells their story, they are considerably more interesting than their friends, the drunk and disorderly Fitzgeralds.
And can we talk about turning life into art?
Late each morning in the summer of 1922, Gerald went outside his home in Antibes and created something never seen before --- a beach! --- by raking the seaweed and stones. For this, he is said to have invented the idea of the Riviera as a summer destination.
Moments later, Sara would join him and, on a blanket, read or write. She wore a white linen dress or bathing suit. And, always, a long strand of pearls, which she looped around her back so she wouldn't mar her tan (and, she said, because the sun was good for them). For this, she became a style-setter and muse.
Gerald and Sara together were not two but one. They were "The Murphys," a young and rich American couple who used their youth and money to establish themselves at the center of a cultural elite in which everybody was young, talented, acclaimed. Cole Porter, Stravinsky, Picasso (who was in love with Sara), Cocteau --- though they were stars on their own, they orbited the Murphys. "There was a shine to life wherever they were," Archibald MacLeish said. "It was as though custom and habit had been wiped away and the thing itself was, for an instant, seen. Don't ask me how."
Then F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway showed up.
If you've read Tender Is the Night, you know that Fitzgerald took the Murphys as models for the Divers. Whatever its merits, the novel reduced the Murphys to "Beautiful People." In fact, Gerald was an accomplished painter, an American Leger. He and Sara were experts on African-American spiritual music. They financed theatrical productions and helped worthy friends (Hemingway, for just one).
And they were far from untouched by the troubles of ordinary mortals.
First their young son Patrick came down with tuberculosis. Then, suddenly, their younger son died of meningitis. "Fancy. There's no other word for it," John Dos Passos said. "They could have thought & thought for a million years and they wouldn't have been able to think of one like that." And then, "fancy" again, a few years later, when Patrick died, and the Murphys had to carry on for their one remaining child.
It gets, if possible, more intense. Gerald returned to America to run his family business, a posh New York leather store named Mark Cross. He sent money to the faltering Fitzgerald. He had some deep poetic attachments with young men. And then he died. Dorothy Parker sent his widow this telegram: "Dearest Sara Dearest Sara." The widow staged a funeral that was described as "courage disguised as taste." But that was his life. And hers.
It's easy to read a book like this for the anecdotes about the mighty. But Fitzgerald comes across here as an eternal college boy and a bit of a fool, Hemingway as cold and manipulative. In contrast, the Murphys seem like explorers of the rarest kind --- blessed with money, they set out to find beauty and harmony. That they also found tragedy only makes their story more fascinating.
College kids majoring in Gender Studies can find much in the life of Zelda Fitzgerald to ponder. I'm not knocking that --- there are lessons galore in that roller coaster of a life. But when you're further along the road, the Fitzgeralds start to be, at bottom, a lot of noise --- spoiled children breaking things.
The Murphys, in contrast, look more substantial, more worthy of a sustained view. The Murphys, for all their money and privilege, seem real. These days, I don't want to read about the Fitzgeralds; I want to read Fitzgerald. But the Murphys --- they're well worth 500 pages.
Real Life Is Better Than Fiction!.......2007-01-11
This delightful story is like watching a wonderful old movie from the 30's-40's! And I learned a thing or two about history!!! I'll be urging my book group to read this.
You will wish you had lived and loved and laughed with them.......2006-07-23
This is a joy, a party, a nonfiction book that reads like a novel. It will make you long to be a part of the expatriate Americans in Paris and the south of France during the 1920s, even if you are not particularly good with history. Amanda Vaill takes a decade, a place, and a group of friends, and unravels for you a world where Hemingway and Fitzgerald adored, hated and envied one another; a world in which Picasso draws Sara Murphy on the beach, nude but for a long strand of pearls; a world in which John Dos Passos and Dorothy Parker and so many others of the "Lost Generation" simply populated each other's lives with more talent and longevity than any of them truly knew. Meeting them one at a time, through beach parties and romances and the writing of novels and the making of art and the normal joys and tragedies of life, will plant the history of this time in your mind like you would never guess. Watch out -- your next step may be Hemingway's "Moveable Feast" and Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night," and you will be yearning to eat at The Brasserie Lipp in Paris, straining to hear the ancient laughter coming from the back room.
A beautiful story beautifully written.......2005-12-27
The story of Gerald and Sara Murphy is sprawling and encompasses so much that was exciting about America's last period of innocence, and runs the gamut from being the golden-child chosen ones of their era to something approaching Greek tragedy in their private lives. But the real test of a good biography is in the writing, and Amanda Vaill stands beside David McCullough as one of the most engaging biographers in our time, doing the incredible job of keeping all the players and egos, all the locations and permutations straight, intriguing, and finally resulting in something most biographies never are: A real page-turner. Even if you've never read Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Dos Passos, or MacLeish, their stories as interwoven with the Murphy's own will grab and hold your attention as brilliant, distinct, and all-too-human characters. Kudos for a masterwork that pulls all the disparate elements of the Lost Generation together so effortlessly to convey this important time in 20th century history.
Book Description
"I Love You So..." puts into words the indescribable quality of boundless, steady and unconditional love. Using conversational, question-and-answer" prose and expressive acrylic paintings, this comforting story embraces the reader like a warm hug gently reassures a child that love is for always - despite grouchy moods or physical separation. "I Love You So..." is the perfect pause in a hectic day, offering the gift of love to a treasured child.
Customer Reviews:
This is a great book!.......2007-07-03
Such a great book and message for
children. It provides reassurance and love which
in this day and age are so very important.
I love all the books by this author and the illustrations.
We feel so positive after reading these books!
Dare you to read it without choking up the first time!.......2007-02-16
I LOVE THIS BOOK! It so eloquently says everything I feel about being a mom. What I also love about it is it talks about how that love stays the same even when they're naughty, or sick. It is my favorite baby gift now!
So cute and fun!.......2007-01-31
I love this book and also love how it reminds my son how much I love him...even when he's naughty. One page in particular chokes me up every time I read it to him--a page about how I can't imagine life without him. A rhyming, fun read.
Sweet, Charming, Wonderful!.......2006-09-10
This delightful book celebrates unconditional love expressed in many forms. The beautiful cover begs the reader to peek inside where the smile-producing paintings and easy to read text bounce off the pages. Ideal for snuggle-up, lap-time reading, this charming story will inspire parents and kids to talk about their own feelings. It helps children realize their unique value and the width and breadth of their parents' love. This enchanting book is not only captivating for kids, it made me want to hug someone!
Marsha Jordan
Creator, Hugs and Hope Foundation For Sick Children
Author of Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter
www.hugsandhope.org/pb.htm
Great Book!.......2006-07-12
My sister -- a first grade teacher -- gave me this book for my first Mother's Day when my daughter was 3 months old. It has such beautiful, colorful illustrations -- my daughter has been cooing and smiling at this book since the first time I read it to her. And, as the others have written, it has such a great message, told in such a sweet, rhythmic way -- I well up almost every time I read it to her. I just ordered several more of Marianne Richmond's books because I'm so happy with this one. Buy this book for your child and/or give it to others for their new baby -- it'll be treasured more than any baby clothes they receive. I have over 70 books for my 5-month-old daughter (books are very important to us), and this is, by far, my favorite.
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What turns a happy, healthy relationship into a pairing full of boredom or even anger and hostility? Couples therapist Kirshenbaum, author of the bestselling Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay, has identified 10 "love killers" that cause people to lose the good feelings that brought them together in the first place. "Think of a love killer as the equivalent of a ... condition like pneumonia," she writes. "If properly treated, it can easily and reliably be cured." Among the most common diseases threatening romantic happiness: letting your relationship slide as life pressures sap your time and energy, excessive criticism, not opening up emotionally, or the feeling by one or both partners that the other isn't meeting his or her needs. Because relationship problems often aren't what they seem, the book provides questionnaires for determining where the trouble is coming from, as well as a variety of prescriptions for working things out. Don't be fooled by the overly cute chapter headings, each of which is taken from a popular song title--this is an informative, very usable book that is sure to save more than a few relationships from slipping away without either person knowing just what went wrong. --Ben Kallen, Personal Growth editor
Book Description
Once the relationship was healthy. And now it's in trouble. Rather than working unproductively, feeling confused, and grasping for tired solutions that seem complicated and irrelevant, do something about it. This book will show you how to sort through all the pain and confusion in your relationship, put your finger on exactly what's been causing all your troubles, and find the precise way to eliminate them.
Psychotherapist and bestselling author Mira Kirshenbaum has identified ten Love Killers that cause all the painful and mysterious problems couples get into. By answering simple questions, you'll be able to diagnose your individual case and identify the lover killer for your specific problems. For every love killer, there is a corresponding Love Builder -- a prescription tailor-made for your particular problem that can help heal your relationship. These solutions grew out of fourteen years of pioneering research into ways couples solve their problems, delving into every aspect of life together, from sex to money, from affection to conversatiion, from watching TV to planning for the future -- all based on what happens to real love between real people amid the stress and distraction of real life.
If you're longing for the closeness and passion that once was yours, find out now what's wrong with your relationship, and exactly how to fix it -- and make your love better than ever.
Customer Reviews:
Making love and making love work.......2006-01-25
Mira Kirshenbaum truly illuminates the meaning of a loving relationship. A "no nonsense" sort of person, she methodically lists what might be causing pain in a loving relationship, and teaches the reader to fix the problems and rekindle the joy in loving.
In a negative way, it was extremely helpful to me. It showed me how far my marriage had strayed from a working ideal and gave me the courage to change. From the Diagnosis of Love Killers, Routine Maintenance, Criticism, Distancing, Not Communicating, Needs, Sexual Depression, Difference Sickness, Problem People, to Low Expectations; she helped me see what a marriage should be.
This was one more of her books that gave me what I needed to initiate changes in my life. I have bought many copies for friends and patients, and I am sure that I will buy many more. A truly worthwhile book by a brilliant author.
Sound relationship advice even for veterans.......2000-02-26
I was very impressed. While the book is intended for those with troubled relationships, which mine is (thankfully) not, I still found it very helpful. It kind of gives you a new perspective on your relationship; you'll look at day-to-day problems in different ways. Most of the advice is not revolutionary, but in the same way that cars need tune-ups, the book is helping me keep my relationship running well.
I would happily have given it 5 stars, only I don't really know how well it would work if one's relationship was really in trouble.
Unbelievably helpful to my life and marriage.......1999-07-30
This book, the paperback version of "Our Love...", did for me what no advice from friends or family could do. It gave me real tools to work out my problems with my husband. We can talk to each other in a clear way, and love each other in a healthy way. With all my heart I want to thank Ms. Kirshenbaum for writing this book!
simplistic, get-over-it "advice".......1999-07-23
Kirshenbaum spends a lot of time repeating that your problems are very simple to solve, when really she is just over-simplifying the problems. Most of the book can be summed up as "talk to each other" (which I'd already figured out) or "just let it go if you don't want to lose your relationship" I got nothing of help from the book.
Useful, informative book with tools to help save a marriage.......1999-01-08
This book was well written, organized and relevant. The information it contains reflects many years of the author's work as a marriage therapist. Unlike many books on the market, this one is aimed at identifying the specific problems which can destroy a marriage. An analysis of each potential problem area is presented along with suggestions for solutions. The book takes into consideration the typical reactions of husbands and wives when their marriage is threatened. Having read many books on marital discord, infidelity, separation and divorce, this book was one which presented practical, realistic goals for the tedious process of reconciliation. The book addressed situations in which reconciliation is not the best course to take, but left that lengthy discussion to other books.
Book Description
Karen Ranney brings us another emotionally intense and passionate story in the fifth book of the nationally bestselling Highland Lord series, in which Douglas MacRae must overcome a dark betrayal in order to regain a love once lost.
Customer Reviews:
Very Good, but..........2005-02-05
This story held my interest throughout but I thought the incident involving Margaret was handled strangely. Douglas was extremely nonchalant considering the circumstances.
Sad but good read.......2004-12-27
This is about Jeanne du Marchand and Douglas MacRae. They were young lovers in France (she was 16, he was 17). She became pregnant and was blissfully happy until her father found out. He sent her away told Douglas she didn't want to see him again and had left because she was pregnant with his child. She gave birth to their child, who was immediately taken away from her by force, and sent to a convent where they beat her for her sins lived in misery thinking of her daughter and Douglas. Douglas found their daughter, barley alive, and hated Jeanne because he thought she abandoned her.
Ten years later, they meet again.
This book was hard to read at some parts. It was heartwrenching. All that Jeanne and Douglas went through was terrible. I got so angry at some points because they didn't deserve what happened to them. I'm not usually big on books with the Big Misunderstanding, but this one was good. It made me sad, but I don't regret buying it and I recommend it. If you're not into book with the big misunderstanding, I would not get this
So Not My Favorite.......2004-10-13
If you hate books in which the plot centers around "A Big Misunderstanding", this is *definitely* not the book for you. Jeanne du Marchand, a French nobleman's daughter, and Douglas McRae meet as teenagers in Paris before the French Revolution and secretly fall in love. When Jeanne discovers that she is pregnant, she tells her father who, instead of allowing the lovers to marry as they wish, perversely separates them and sends his only child off to live in a convent (seemingly forever) after the birth of her child. Jeanne and Douglas are told by Jeanne's nasty father and his equally nasty housekeeper/mistress that each has abandoned the other and their child. Why on *earth* they would believe this (especially given the sources) and why they would take *forever* to question each other about it when they are reunited (through an unlikely coincidence) in Scotland years later is the most frustrating aspect of the book.
The characters are well-drawn (although Jeanne is a bit too passive for my taste, presumably due to having had all the spirit beaten out of her during her long years in the convent) and the writing is good, but to my mind the rather implausible plot and especially the lack of communication between the hero and heroine undermine the story. I had trouble believing that two people who had so little faith in each other and who talked to each other so *little* could really be in love. Also unbelievable is the concept that Douglas would hire his child's own (he believes, *faithless*) mother to be her governess and then start up an affair with the presumptive governess-to-be. (Baffling behavior for a supposedly devoted single father...)
In summary, this story did not really work for me (and I am a *big* fan of angsty romance and not totally opposed to the *big misunderstanding* as a plot device, as long as it makes a little bit of sense.) I absolutely *loved* Karen Ranney's book, "After the Kiss", so perhaps this book is a fluke.
Well worth my time and money.......2004-09-15
I'm a sucker for the Georgian period (which is why I so love Jo Beverley). It was wonderful to find another writer who handles this period so masterfully. On top of her through understanding of the history, she'd simply a great writer. Her plot is a little too convoluted for my tastes (but I think that's cause it's part of a family series, and she has to fill us in on so much back story), but I still found myself completely sucked in and surprised at how quickly I finished the book. Forget about the dense tomes that Gabalbon writes and read this instead!
Now I have to go back and read the rest of the series!.......2004-09-15
This was recommended to my reading group by the owner of a romance book store, and she was SO RIGHT about this writer being fabulous. The rest of my group liked the book, I LOVED it. The hero is super sexy (how can you not love a devoted single father), and the heroine really got put through the wringer. I thoroughly enjoyed the star-crossed lover thing going on in the back story and how nicely (and honestly) it was resolved.
Book Description
Maxim
Proud and passionate, the Marquess of Bradbury swore vengeance on those who had stolen his title and lands. . .and branded him a traitor to the Crown.
Elise
Beautiful and spirited, she found herself the innocent prisoner of the marquess, her family's most hated foe.
So Worthy My Love
They were bitter enemies caught in a dangerous tide that swept through Elizabeth's England—And thus began a battle of wit and will between two people so perfectly matched that they could only fall in love.
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Lord Maxim Seymour swears revenge on those who stole his title and his lands, but when he mistakenly abducts Elise Radborne he finds himself caught between the dangerous intrigues of the Elizabethan court and his witty, sensual captive. Maxim - Proud and passionate, the Marquess of Bradbury swore vengeance on those who had stolen his title and lands. . .and branded him a traitor to the Crown. Beautiful and spirited, she found herself the innocent prisoner of the marquess, her family's most hated foe. So Worthy My Love. They were bitter enemies caught in a dangerous tide that swept through Elizabeth's England--And thus began a battle of wit and will between two people so perfectly matched that they could only fall in love.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful characters.......2007-03-21
I think this is up there with Shana. I loved the characters and there were
times when I could not stop laughing. I didn't mind that Maxim didn't come
in until about 140 pages, because it gave the story time to build. But when he did...oh my god!!!!! It's been a month since I finished the book and I still go back to re-read it every day. Kathleen Woodiwiss is great.
a favorite.......2007-03-19
I loved this book! Elise is fiesty and Maxim is the man of anyones dreams. There are some truly funny scenes and lots of adventure. I highly recommend this book!
Great read, but wordy..........2006-10-10
I agree that the author could have toned down her superfluous nature just a bit...taken into context, though, the flowery language is really perfect, seeing as how the characters are straight out of Elizabethan England...do we harp on Shakespeare for his overuse of the English language? All in all, I love this book because it is such a romantic story--handsome man is wrongfully accused, beautiful girl is wrongfully kidnapped, both become virtually trapped together inside a crumbling, wintry fortress, much fighting, hilarity and ultimately love ensue--what's not to like? And I always was partial toward the fiesty, hard-headed heroines...none of these simpering, pampered dolls for me. Not a brain-teaser, but a light read that I enjoy over and over again. I said 4 stars, but I'd give it 4 1/2, really.
Way Too Verbose.......2004-10-22
Woodiwiss has good basic plotlines, likeable characters, and a good moodsetting, but she is way too verbose. It really gets tedious after the first 400 pages of this 650+ page book. It seems like she is trying too hard to demonstrate her excellently fabulous, superfluously educated, bemusingly extensive vocabulary. Who wants to work that hard in their leisuretime? If the reader wants to find out what happens next, she has to sift through eight or more assininely superfluous, extremely bemusing, long descriptive paragraphs to get the the next word in each dialogue. Please. I found myself skipping entire paragraphs, and just reading the dialogue. Had a hard time finishing this one.
Very enjoyable.......2004-09-23
I almost did not read this book because of the spotlight reviews. After having read it, I believe the spotlight reviews need to be changed in order to not deter any more people from reading this book. I did not think the wait for Maxim was so horrible. In fact, I really felt the pages with Nicholas flew by. Once Maxim entered the story, things really began to cook though. Absolutely loved the pranks the two pulled on each other. I was almost sad to see them finally fall in love because I enjoyed their hilarious fighting so much. In this book, in particular, I felt that Woodiwiss did a fabulous job aquainting us with the characters. I felt as though I knew them. Please give the book a chance. If reading for fast romance is all you want, then perhaps this book is not for you. But if you enjoy a good story, complete with details on many different topics, I think you will enjoy.
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Instead of working on solving problems in your relationship, minister/relationship coach Susan Page teaches “Spiritual Partnership,” allowing you to outgrow these problems. Focus on behaving in a spiritual way yourself, rather than fixing your relationship or your partner, and you and your partner will be happier and your relationship will be stronger.
Communication and negotiation don't solve conflicts in love relationships, Page asserts. Rather, make an inner shift yourself--independent of your partner--and learn to "love openly and freely." Her process involves "the Five Sacred Acts of Love":
- Practice Restraint: refrain from negative, critical, and demanding comments.
- Act As If: act loving, even if you don't feel like it.
- Act on Your Own: take care of your own needs.
- Practice Acceptance: stop trying to change your partner.
- Cultivate Compassion: understand that your partner's attitudes and behavior are the way they are for good reasons.
The book offers compelling arguments for abandoning the "marketplace" communication style in favor of goodwill, self-care, and a spiritual, harmonious, loving response to your partner. Page takes you step by step through the Spiritual Partnership process, interspersing it with anecdotes and exercises.
"Marriage and loving partnerships are ... for learning how to give and receive love. That's all," writes Page. If We're So in Love, Why Aren't We Happy is highly recommended for anyone who wants to improve a love relationship--from the inside out. --Joan Price
Book Description
Susan Page, a Protestant minister, popular teacher, and bestselling writer on relationships, now turns her hand to a crucial question so many couples face: If we know we love each other, why do we spend so much of our time together arguing, negotiating, or making up? Why, quite simply, aren’t we happy?
Susan has explored this question while working with and observing countless couples struggling in their relationships. She discovered something revolutionary: even the most troubled couples could be enjoying each other if only they would adopt a few simple yet powerful and deeply spiritual principles. Another revelation: it only takes one member of the couple to make this work. Yet another: by adopting these principles and letting go of the popular myths and assumptions about relationships so many of us have been taught, you can not only vastly improve your relationship but develop your own inner sense of self. Your relationship can become your spiritual path.
Those who have followed Susan’s program report that their relationships have become loving again, and that their sense of self-esteem and spiritual development has been deepened. They no longer call what they have with their mate a marriage or relationship but rather a true spiritual partnership. The process outlined here is simple yet profound and is based on what Susan calls five sacred principles or acts that one member or both members of the couple follow, principles that emerge naturally out of the spiritual traditions of Christianity and Buddhism.
Customer Reviews:
Relations need work.......2007-01-11
This is the first step towards healing & improvement if you really love each other.
Spirituality and practicality in one volume.......2005-06-12
As a pastor, I have given away many copies of this book to people struggling in intimate relationship--and I've used it in my own marriage.
There are many classics of spiritual wisdom and many nuts-and-bolts self-help books on relationship. Susan Page brilliantly combines the two. Her gift is to translate spiritual ideals into practical, understandable, and eminently achievable goals for everyday living in spiritual partnership--the Buddha channeled by Ann Landers!
Read this book, apply its lessons, and transform yourself and your relationship.
Anyone in a Relationship should get this book.......2004-08-05
I found this book when browsing through the many relationship books and decided to give it a read on a whim. My boyfriend of 2 years and I have been struggling recently and I needed help.
This book is all the help I could want AND MORE. I feel so positive and recharged about our relationship ALREADY and I just finished reading it. I KNOW that what's in this book can help my relationship and I know it could help others. This is a MUST BUY, even if you aren't having PROBLEMS right now... The Sacred Acts will help keep you from having HORRIBLE problems in the future.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
This book is a precious gift disguised as a book.......2003-02-27
If you are seeking to feel love in your heart but feel blocked because your partner is clueless, uncooperative, self-centered and blames you -- or for any reason "because of him/her" and you suffer because it feels like no matter how hard you try, the patch doesn't hold -- this is the book that teaches, guides and encourages you how to get back to the love, how to create powerful and healing changes, how to feel safe and connected with yourself, how to look at your partner again with loving and how to work with yourself in your own healing and strengthening. And, your partner is not required to read the book, work the suggestions or be molded by you. You reclaim your power and your energy investing in what can truly make a deeply valuable, loving, rich and life-changing difference--you work with you. I've been working these techniques for over 20 years, in marriage, and have been learning about and thriving far beyond I ever thought possible. It didn't take long for small miracles to begin AND they continue to unfold and to grow for both of us. Susan Page has offered a truly generous gift with this book for all people--currently coupled or not.
Great book, Lousy title.......2002-09-07
I almost didn't read this book because I was so put off by the title. In my opinion a much better title would have been "Spiritual Partnership," since that's what this book is about.
My husband and I never went through a "madly-in-love" stage in our relationship; however, after 20+ years of marriage and four kids, we have forged a bond that somehow transcends the long list of unresolvable problems. We had certainly gotten to the point of realizing that more discussion just doesn't work: Most of our issues have been on the table for years. We've discussed them many times, we understand the other person's point of view, and can even empathize to a certain extent. And yet, when one of these issues would come up (once again), I would often feel hopeless and demoralized.
This book really helped me to change my focus; and to the extent I was able to follow through with the "experiments," I saw improvement--not in getting my husband to finally see things "my way," but in both of us being happier and more comfortable.
This is one of the best books on relationships that I have ever read; and although its focus is on couples, I found the approaches it recommends are helpful in my relationships with my children as well.
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