For Better (For Worse)

Oct 10, 2024 2:24 PM

Author:Tara Parker-Pope

We've all heard the statistic: 50% of marriages end in divorce. It's enough to make many couples give up when the going gets tough. But what if it weren't true? What if, in fact, it's not only possible

but often easier than you think to save a seemingly troubled relationship?

These are the questions leading New York Times blogger Tara Parker-Pope asked herself after her own divorce. An investigative journalist, she turned to some of the top biologists, neuroscientists and psychologists for the facts about marriage and divorce.

For Better (For Worse) offers page after page of astonishing, eye-opening good news. Discover:

- The science behind why some marriages work and others don't

- The biology behind why some spouses cheat and others remain faithful

- The best diagnostic tools created by cutting-edge psychologists to assess the probability of success

in getting married and staying married

Packed full of questionnaires to uncover your hidden feelings and tools to show how small adjustments can make a huge difference, this is the definitive guide to the most profound relationship of our lives.

Reviews

It is pure joy to read a book on so popular a subject as marriage that is not filled with pop-psych platitudes and prescriptive do's and don't's ... Tara Parker-Pope disabuses us of long-held myths and replaces them with facts that can help couples of any persuasion form stronger, steadier unions

—— Jane E Brody , The New York Times

... a gem of a book. Reading this book will absolutely improve your marriage

—— Louann Brizendine, MD, author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain

... a savvy, practical guide for side-steping the dead ends that all couples encounter along that zany, zig-zaggy path we travel from 'I do' to 'I can...and will'!

—— Harvey Karp, MD, author of The New York Times bestseller The Happiest Toddler on the Block

Packed with funny "mum" experiences and advice from a line-up of professional gurus. Worth buying

—— Mother & Baby

Practical, encouraging advice ... mum's will love this bible of family fabulousness

—— Daily Record

Down-to-earth

—— Cambridge Evening News

shows that dementia need not be a nightmare of frustration and embarrassment ... James shows that it is possible to unlock isolation and distress

—— Church Times

Oliver James has made a great job of setting out the SPECAL theory and method in this book which I strongly recommend to all care home managers and staff teams

—— John Burton , Caring Times

Shows how to minimize that distress and manage the dementia in ways that recall early pioneering work on dealing with madness . . . He writes clearly and plainly, gives good examples of the techniques he suggests, and stays always on the practical side. I expected this book to be depressing; it is exactly the opposite.

—— The Independent

The stars of this memoir - a daughter and her devil-may-care dad - believe laughter is curative. They will make you believe, too

—— Good Housekeeping (US)

More complex - and funny - than one would ever imagine ... It's a candid account of a woman unafraid to reveal the scared, jealous, and immature sides of herself while painting a portrait of her rollicking, fun-loving Irish Catholic parents and brothers who bolster her, and the husband who understands and loves her

—— San Francisco Chronicle

Corrigan infuses her prose with vivacity and humor. She explores that process called growing up, and how it can happen in a defining moment, like a lightening strike, but also how it is illuminated in less dramatic ones, like flickers of heat lightning in a summer sky

—— BookPage

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