The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask the One You Love

by Susan Piver and Piver Susan

Book Overview

The classic New York Times bestseller This book of hard questions and exercises for couples is innovative and exciting. --Andrew Weil, M.D. In this simple yet profound relationship tool, Susan Piver... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585420042
• ISBN13: 9781585420049
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Ask yourself the sober question

Do you really love him/her enough to tie the knot? If there was one book that convinced me to do the ultimate reality check, it was this book. I contemplated that maybe I did, maybe I didn't love him. The book stalled my decision enough for me to find out that he was cheating on me for over 2 years. I was furious! I broke off the engagement and stopped seeing him. Thanks to this book I am free him and his backwards ways. Thank you Susan. I ordered this book along with another book called Dreams: Gateway to the True Self. It was a book that made me realize who I was again and that I have to be the most important person in my life. And not put a man above me. Thank you to both authors.

Surprising Results!

I ordered this book based on seeing Susan Piver on "Oprah". Although I didn't question my love, communication with my husband needed some "work", so I thought this book could be helpful. I was extraordinarily surprised by the results. My first surprise was that my husband was so willing and eager to participate in this. My second surprise was some of the answers and information we exchanged. Some of the simpler questions that I thought would be one word answers, led to deep discussions. There is no question but that this book has been extremely helpful to us. Even without the book to guide us, we now find the exchange of honest and open conversation much easier. "The Hard Questions" is a good book!!!

Great questions that lead to very deep conversations

Although I'm already very happily married, my wife and I have found this book to be incredibly stimulating. She bought a copy on impulse for a friend who's getting married, but after skimming through it, we ended up keeping a copy for ourselves and buying another for our friend. We haven't finished it yet (not by a long shot), but we have found the process of answering the questions very insightful and provocative. We have discovered things about each other that might have taken years to find out. We have had some incredibly deep and interesting (and sometimes quite difficult) conversations that have lead us to whole new levels of understanding about each other. I'm generally not a big "self help" guy, and I was definitely skeptical when she started reading the questions to me, but it really has been a fun and helpful (albeit also a little scary sometimes) process. I recommend this book highly and not just for people who are contemplating getting married. I think it's an excellent book for any two people who are involved in a committed relationship and who want to understand each other better and perhaps take their relationship to a deeper, more meaningful level.