The rough patch : marriage and the art of living together

De Marneffe, Daphne 1959- (author.).

Summary: From a leading clinical psychologist comes a wise, radical, and optimistic approach to marriage that promises compatibility between an individual's development and the often relentless demands of a relationship. Divided into chapters that address key problems that challenge marriages: alcohol and drugs, the stresses of parenthood, extramarital affairs, children leaving home, and dealing with elderly parents. With humour and deep seriousness, de Marneffe helps men and women understand themselves in order to move in the direction we're all trying to go: a life lived with integrity, vitality, and love.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501118913 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: regular print
xi, 352 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The rough patch : an introduction -- A brief history of the midlife crisis -- Feeling close, in love and sex -- Marriage as a story -- Affairs, flirting, and fantasy : they're never about nothing -- Alcohol and other attempted escapes -- Money : the knife in the drawer -- Lovesickness and longing : putting them to use -- Body, health, and age : the stakes only get higher -- The empty nest : children, parents, and the turning of the generations -- Staying or leaving -- Love is a conversation.