Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up [Paperback]

“This is the marriage book we’ve been waiting for!” 
—Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, bestselling author of Daring Greatly 

Coupling up is complicated—Dr. Harriet Lerner’s marriage rules are not.

This marriage book provides couple’s therapy in a unique format perfect for today’s world. The renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives readers more than one hundred rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships.

Marriage Rules offers new relationship advice to age-old problems (“He won’t talk”/“She doesn’t want sex”) as well as modern ones (your partner’s relationship to technology). If one person in a couple follows ten rules of his or her choice, it will generate a major, positive change. All that’s required is a genuine wish for a better relationship and a willingness to practice.

Marriage Rules is a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your relationships issues with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction.“This is the marriage book we’ve been waiting for!”
—Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, bestselling author of The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly

“Required reading for anyone hoping to interact successfully with any other human.”
—Martha Beck, author of Leaving the Saints

"If you're asking the question, "But what do I DO?" this book is for you. Marriage Rules is wise, gripping, funny, sanity-saving and lÃ