Marriage Works!: Before You Say "I Do"

By Elisabeth Pendley

Marriage Works Before I say I do answers your question, Is this my best choice? This book contains the best advice to give you the insight necessary to make your marriage successful.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093678346X
• ISBN13: 9780936783468
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Merril Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Resource

When you read through this book you say to yourself, "I should know this stuff," but very often unless you have taken the time to really sit down and specifically talk to your fiance about these topics they go unmentioned. I have been married for two and half years now and really could have used this book when my wife and I first started thinking about getting married. By taking the time early in the relationship to find out where your fiance or beloved is coming from it makes working out problems later much easier. The author hits all the big topics and some that don't seem so big until there is a conflict about them. This is a great resource to equip a young couple with as they are thinking about making the big step toward marriage.

Before you say "I Do"

If I had read Lis' book and worked through the exercises, I would have looked beyond my youthful desire to be married, and I would have challenged the odds of living with a man I thought I loved. Should I ever choose to consider marriage again, I will most definitely use the guidelines in Marriage Works. I wish all couples anticipating marriage would use this book as a discovery of their foundation

Be adult about marriage and embrace this book.

Do you really know each other? Do you really know yourself? This book helps the reader look beyond the fog of early infatuation but is not intimidating, and easily can be used effectively by individuals and couples no matter what spot you occupy on the marriage timeline. The author helps you be adult enough to think about the true meaning of marriage, but her book does not take the romance out of the process like so many others. I predict this book will become standard in every pre-marital counseling office.

A Must Read Before You Marry

If all those contemplating marriage would read Lis Pendley's book "Marriage Works" prior to the wedding, there would be a remarkable improvement in the number of successful marriages and a significant drop in divorce rates. Her quotes from so many dating and married couples and the provocative questions she asks the readers bring up situations that are probably not thought through before most wedding ceremonies. This book would be a great gift for anyone contemplating marriage...and wanting to live happily ever after.

You'll laugh; you'll cry; you may change your mind!

Dads, Moms, Uncles, Aunts, and friends no longer need to talk themselves blue in the face warning their loved ones that their dreams of wedded bliss will soon become nighmares. Just give them this book and let them figure it out. Odds are they will hear themselves in several of the hundreds of quotes from once-married folks who learned too late that they and their former spouses were incompatible. If not, certainly answering the questions that Ms. Pendley poses will open their eyes. Here's a proposal: make this book required reading before getting a marriage license and watch the divorce rate plummet.