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

By Tara Parker-Pope

Book Overview

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452297109
• ISBN13: 9780452297104
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher