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Great Book for StepMoms & Blended Families

Submitted by Lori Fisher on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 10:33pm.

Synopsis:

In North America today, more than 60 percent of remarriages end in divorce. In "Happily Remarried" you'll find ways to build the long-term unity that will keep your relationship from being a statistic.

From more than 20 years of counseling, speaking and teaching, David and Lisa Frisbie understand the situations you face every day. Using many examples drawn from real-life remarriages, they speak with hope and humor about the challenges, leading you through....

FOUR KEY STRATEGIES for building your remarriage to go the distance.

PRACTICAL MARRIAGE-SAVING ADVICE on raising your children, dealing with difficult ex-partners, coping with financial struggles, and more.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND THOUGHT that will help you talk and think through how the book's advice can apply to your own blended family.

Review:

This is the best book I've seen for remarried couples, especially for those trying to blend a family and manage kids: his, hers, and ours.

Three years into my own remarriage, with problems almost every day, I started reading any book I could find about stepfamilies, remarriage, and parenting. This book popped up while I was searching WalMart's on-line bookstore. The price was below $10 so I went ahead and bought it.

I'm glad I did -- I learned so much! My two favorite chapters are the one about discipline of children (Chapter 8: Who's the boss?) and also a chapter about strategies for building unity as a family (Chapter 12: Break Out the Crazy Glue!). These are things I needed to know, but no one ever told me.

I've bought two copies of this to give to girlfriends who were getting remarried. It's even better for those who already ARE remarried --- they already know what kind of help they need, every day.

I hope to post a few other reviews of helpful books --- but if I could only recommend ONE BOOK to remarried women and stepmoms, this is it.

Book Review: Happily Remarried

Submitted by Jenn (not verified) on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 12:28pm.

My friend bought me this book when I got remarried in December. Would you believe my husband is actually reading it? It has helped both of us get closer together. We have a long way to go, sometimes I worry that we won't make it. But I think we're doing okay for so early in the marriage (his second, my second).

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Submitted by Emily P. (not verified) on Sun, 07/23/2006 - 8:22pm.

This book has touched my heart in so many ways. My dad’s father walked out on grandma when my dad was five, and it impacted our family even through my teenage years. I grew up not really understanding why Daddy’s heart was still hurting, and I didn’t realize until my own marriage that I had inherited that same pain—a fear of being abandoned, divorced and rejected. Happily Remarried has given my husband and I the ammunition to destroy those fears, protect our marriage, and understand the hearts of those we love who have suffered through the pain of divorce. A HUGE thank you to David and Lisa for sharing their wealth of experience in this sensitive area! It is so beautifully written, I felt like they were in my living room, sharing iced tea and having a long heart–to–heart conversation. Bless you for writing this book!

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