Living Happily Ever After: Couples Talk About Lasting Love

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Summary: People are talking about Living Happily Ever After:
Review: "With its many Bay Area locations, photos of couples today and 30 years ago, offbeat relationships (identical twins married to identical twins for 57 years) and intriguing mix of races, physical abilities and sexual preferences, this one is a winner." ---Patricia Holt, The San Francisco Chronicle /////////// "This 159-page paperback features vintage and contemporary photos of loving couples like Hema and Benno Schneider, who met in and escaped from a Nazi concentration camp and then fled to America is search of a new life together...This charming read makes a great Valentine's Day gift."---Country Living magazine ////////

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Summary: Great, with many views of a successful relationship
Review: A wonderful, oversized book which details the relationships with a number of couples who have been together for over 30 years. It includes frank talk about the ups and downs and includes a few surprises as well, such as infidelity. It isn't what I expected but am very pleased with the book. Pictures of the couples are included as well. It definitely makes you look at your own relationship in a slightly different light, from those of the people you have just read about

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Summary: This book is darling
Review: And as for the person who made the statements about the gay couples in the book, try doing a little research before making blanket statements. If staying together 30 years or more were normal for the general population, we wouldn't really need a book to inspire us and tell us how to do it, would we? Look around. There are many devoted couples, gay or straight, and there are many people of either persuasion who, shall we say, are seldom in such committed relationships. Orientation is moot. I think this book is great for ANY couple. I gave it to my boyfriend as a Valentine's Day present, and we're inspired by the longevity of the couples in this book. Everyone should have this book.

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Summary: I loved this book. Moving and inspirational.
Review: Deeply moving stories about couples that have lived through the good and the naturally difficult times that all marriages go through. My wife and I bonded over the book as we read the stories out loud before we went to bed at night. The book alternately made us laugh and cry. I would recommend this book to anyone, but in particular to newly weds. It should be required reading for any couple getting married today. A great wedding or anniversary gift.

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Summary: This is Real Life - not like in the movies
Review: I loved this book. We received "Living Happily" as a wedding gift. My Husband and I found the stories inspiring. We read the book on our honeymoon. Since then we have given copies to friends both as aniversary and wedding gifts.

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Summary: I loved this book
Review: I loved this book. We received "Living Happily" as a wedding gift. My Husband and I found the stories inspiring. We read the book on our honeymoon. Since then we have given copies to friends both as aniversary and wedding gifts.

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Summary: This is Real Life - not like in the movies
Review: I've included this book as part of wedding presents several times, to outstanding reception. The particular stories of how couples create their lives in a way that is satisfying to both is comforting and inspiring in its human-ness. What a treasure!

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Summary: BUYER BEWARE: Traditional Values Undermined
Review: The cover of Living Happily Ever After exudes traditional family values; however, the inclusion of homosexual couples clearly demonstrates dual intentions of the author. By not giving an indication of the books homosexual content, the author is certain to offend many unsuspecting readers. Statistically the homosexual couples are disproportionately represented. While many heterosexual couples stay together 30 years or longer, the homosexual world has been proven grotesquely promiscuous, especially among homosexual men. The book portrays long-lasting homosexual relationships as if they are the norm when nothing could be further from the truth. BUYER BEWARE, you definitely cannot judge this book by its cover.

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Summary: from accidental marriage to lasting harmony and commitment
Review: There's a bit of a surprise here... many if not most of the couples in the book got together under less than storybook circumstances. Pregnant off the first date, you were the only one around so I married you, etc. Yet they all made it together, and to read the descriptions they all have relationships the rest of us would die for. This book is the strongest testimonial to the benefits of getting a positive attitude and making it work that I have ever read. A real heart warmer!

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Summary: There's more than one way to a successful relationship.
Review: We recieved this book for our 25th Wedding Anniversary from a beloved nephew. It is full of honest stories--some shocking,some humorous,some touching, all interesting--of ordinary couples who in their own way overcame obstacles, big and small, and made a success of their relationships. This enlightening book changed the way we view committed relationships. We have given copies of this book as anniversary, engagement and wedding presents. Also, we have recommended it our committed friends.