For Better: How the Surprising Science of Happy Couples Can Help Your Marriage Succeed [Paperback]

“The most credible and interesting marital self-help book of all time.”—Newsweek

Editor of The Washington Post's Wellness Department and former New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope is one of the most popular and e-mailed journalists in the nation. In this eye-opening—and ultimately optimistic—look at marriage today, Parker-Pope reveals the heart behind the statistics to bust the myths and share the true secrets to marital happiness.

Among her surprising findings:
• most marriages today are succeeding
• newlywed couples who don't fight are at a higher risk for divorce than those who do
• how couples divide household chores influences how often they have sex

Whatever their stage of life or marital status, readers will be fascinated and buoyed by this classic in the making. A jam-packed, lucid survey of the science behind a sound marriage. No wonder she is so popular. —Mehmet Oz, M.D., host of The Dr. Oz Show and Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University 

This terrific informative book on marriage should be given out with every marriage license! There is something here for everyone, gay or straight, newly married or celebrating many years! Highly recommended. —Susan M. Love, author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book and Live a Little

Finally! A real guide to making your marriage work. Tara Parker-Pope gives us all the latest concrete scientific information about how to get and keep life's greatest prize—a good partnership. It's educated; accurate; and honest. And it's a good read. —Helen Fl££