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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: New World Library
Published: Feb 2010
Genre: Family & Relationships - Marriage
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 256
Therapists Linda and Charlie Bloom have been married more than 35 years, and they have worked with couples since 1975. To understand what makes a happy marriage, they interviewed 29 couples married more than 20 years who seemed as happy as newlyweds. The Blooms found that these real couples had faced real challenges — difficulties with children and step-children, war wounds, and infidelity among them. They also found that with loving dialogue and open hearts, the couples had found ways to heal, grow, and deepen their commitment through — and not in spite of — their challenges. The Blooms here distill this real-world wisdom into practical, positive actions any couple can take to achieve or regain not just a good marriage but a great one.