Diary of a High Maintenance Woman

By Beth Elias

This book details my personal journey through "relationship hell" and the ten lessons I learned while on the lengthy trip. Ladies, think of me as the one friend who will even tell you the stuff you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401038492
• ISBN13: 9781401038496
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Both laugh and cry out loud!

As an outsider looking in it is easy to judge the author and some of the choices made during the relationships, but how many of us haven't made these same crazy mistakes. I lauged out loud at how some the situations were presented and at the same time felt pitty for how she must of been feeling during each of these relationships. I think it is great that she can look back on each of these relationships and learn from them and then both entertain and educate her readers.

Expensive Lessons

I heard Beth on the KDGE morning show and then saw her on Good Morning Texas. I was impressed by her poise and decided to buy her book. It was an attention grabbing book and I read it in a single day. It was bold of her to share her life lessons,painfully arrived at, for our edification. She has a unique talent for taking relationship issues and laying them bare. She offers practical advice on building a good relationship while helping us to avoid the pitfalls and traps of relationship mistakes. Hopefully we can avoid her painful, expensive lessons by heeding her advice. Her offering uses clear, real language while avoiding the common diatribe of self-help books. I'm a mariage counselor and would highly recommend it.

Harsh but realistic

This woman's diary was very hard to read because I could relate to so much she has experienced. Despite the book's bitter reality it was comforting to know that there are certainly more people out there (other than myself) that are not daunted by the task of finding love despite all the bad experieinces. Learning from experience whether it is from other people or myself is very valuable. I suggest this to all dumpers and dumpies, men and women...it gives perspective of what's going on with the "other side". Beth, thanks for sharing your thoughts and keeping them real!