Laura Doyle (1)

NO OF PAGES: 285 SUB CAT I: Male-Female Roles SUB CAT II: Marriage SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Like millions of women, Laura Doyle wanted her marriage to be better. But when she tried to get her husband to be more romantic, helpful and ambitious, he withdrew - and she was lonely and exhausted from controlling everything. Desperate to be in love with her man again, she decided to stop telling him what to do and how to do it. When Doyle surrendered control, something magical happened. The union she had always dreamed of appeared. The man who had wooed her was back. The underlying principle of "The Surrendered Wife" is simple: The control women wield at work and with children must be left at the front door of any marriage to revitalize intimacy.NOTES: Purchased from Amazon.Com SUBTITLE: A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion, and Peace With a Man… (plus d'informations)

This book was given to me by a dear friend that thought I may benefit from it. Needless to say, I was so not interested in reading it! However, after reading the book - after many moments of "I'm not like that", I applied the principles the author suggested and slowly, over time, amazing results were seen. The book is not about being a subserviant wife, but a submissive wife, which basically means that you get along better with your husband, not walk two paces behind him. The principles can easily be applied to other interpersonal relationships also with maximum benefits, I believe. The author basically encourages the reader to think less about themselves and more about caring for thier significant other. Definately worth the read!… (plus d'informations)

I heard about the book and had to find out what it was really about. I was suprised that it was not so much about being a female doormat as about not being a nagging pecking hen of a wife. The irony is that most nagging controlling pecking hens (I'm thinking of a few of my own relatives here) wouldn't recognize themselves and thus wouldn't back off of their husbands. I don't agree with everything the author says, but I was relieved that it wasn't suggesting that women turn their brains off and blindly do whatever their spouses say or want, no matter what.… (plus d'informations)

This turned out to be a completely different book from what I had expected from the media fuss. Most chapters are actually good, common-sense advice such as you might find in any self-help manual. There is more encouragement to women to stand up for themeselves than to submit to their husbands: take care of yourself first, express your desires, foster friendships with women, don't try to read your husband's mind, set boundaries. Unfortunately, the chapters that do deal with submission portray it as a manipulative, passive-aggressive way of getting what you want. The famous example that was pilloried in the media about not telling your husband if he takes the wrong turning does not actually appear in the book in anything like the form reported.… (plus d'informations)