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Summary: wise, insightful book
Review: This is not only a very wise book about marriage, but a book that will help everyone, married or not, to become better at understanding other people. It explores interpersonal dynamics in an insightful and often humorous manner. I'm single, but again and again I had "aha" moments as I thought of various arguments I had had or various arguments my various married friends had had. The key is that often we don't fight about what we seem to be fighting about. Instead of an argument being about money, for example, it might really be about security: We can't afford that vacation, because we're trying to save for a house or for retirement. It has charts to analyze each spouse's response to the various conflicts, and a wonderful chapter on how to understand and communicate more effectively with the spouse who responds differently to a particular conflict. A unique feature to this book: Many of the chapters have short summaries (called "quick takes") so that the reader's spouse can get an idea of what has been said without having to read the whole book. Easily one of the most insightful of the 100 or so books I've read in the last year.
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