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The Secrets of Enduring Love: How to Make Relationships Last Paperback – February 4, 2016

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The Secrets of Enduring Love focuses on what couples actually do to maintain, nurture and nourish their relationships. The reader will be taken on a journey through different ways of doing relationships, focusing on the key themes which came out of the research: everyday acts of kindness and appreciation; the importance of home; communication and conflict management; sex and intimacy; incorporating others into the relationship (children, pets, friends, hobbies); and telling your own love story.

One of the key messages from the research is that different things work for different people, and at different times in the relationship. For this reason the book focuses on the differnt practices that we might bring into our own relationships, helping us to recognise the small things which we may be already doing but which ordinarily go by unnoticed, and offering a helping hand to find out what works best for us.

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    224 pages
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  3. Publisher
    Vermilion
  4. Publication date
    February 4, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1785040235
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Dr Meg John Barker is a public engagement academic at the Open University and a sex and relationship therapist. Meg John has been studying relationships for over a decade and has published numerous academic books and papers on the subject, as well as writing their own relationship self-help books and blogs. Meg John also regularly speaks on these topics in the media, including a popular TEDtalk and being featured in the Independent on Sunday Rainbow List.

Professor Jacqui Gabb is Chair of Sociology and Intimacy and Associate Dean for Research at The Open University. She has worked as an academic for over 20 years and has published extensively over this time. Her research centres on intimacy and family life, with particular emphasis on the contemporary dynamics of policy, professional practice and personal relationships. Her recent research on couple relationships has received widespread critical acclaim and she is recognized as an expert in the field, regularly contributing to national television, radio and international press. She is co-author with Janet Fink of Couple Relationships in the 21st Century (Palgrave, 2015). Her current work explores ideas of enduring coupledom across different national, situational and biographical contexts.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vermilion (February 4, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1785040235
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785040238
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches
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Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History, Gender: A Graphic Guide, Sexuality: A Graphic Guide, Life Isn't Binary, How To Understand Your Gender, Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To), Rewriting the Rules, and Hell Yeah Self Care. They have also written a number of books for scholars and counsellors on these topics, drawing on their own years of research and therapeutic practice. You can read their blog and find out more about them on www.rewriting-the-rules.com. Follow @megjohnbarker on twitter.

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Emily Skye
5.0 out of 5 stars Gentle, inclusive, insights for people in long term relationships
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2016
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The Secrets of Enduring Love’ is a beautifully gentle companion for people in longterm relationships, in all the varied ways that people choose to commit to each other. It has an expansive feel. There are a delightful number of quizzes to engage in to discover more about our loved ones. Relationships can be so tough, not least because of the sets of circumstances, conflicting needs, stressful life events and pressures that fall upon them. This book includes awareness of this, whilst, not overly dwelling on these aspects, because it maintains a focus on what works to get through stuff together. It walks alongside you, saying, ‘Hey, have you thought about this?’ and ‘How about looking at it this way?’ and ‘These people say this has been helpful for them, maybe that might help you too?’
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2.0 out of 5 stars Zusammenfassung einer Studie
Reviewed in Germany on February 10, 2016
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Und mehr ist das Buch auch nicht. Es werden Zitate aus den Befragungen der Teilnehmer gebracht, die kurz kommentiert werden. Leider sind die Kommentare nicht sehr hilfreich und fassen im Grunde nur die Zitate zusammen. Man erfährt in diesem Buch schon interessante Details, wie Menschen zusammenleben, aber mehr auch nicht. Es ist mehr eine Bestandsaufnahme als eine psychologische Untersuchung.

Der Schreibstil ist sehr monoton und der Titel leider irreführend. Dort werden keine Geheimnisse offenbart und es wird nicht erklärt, wie man selbst seine eigene Beziehung verbessern kann.

Im Großen und Ganzen fand ich das Buch etwas enttäuschend. Ich empfehle dagegen  Christoph Joseph Ahlers  oder  David Scharch .
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5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable holiday read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2019
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I took this book on holiday and really enjoyed reading it! I have been with my partner for 30 years so perhaps I know a little about "Enduring Love"?! Even so, I found it comforting to read about other people's experiences (we are not alone in our relationship experiences!). The book made me think about our relationship and it also made me smile. I would recommend this book to others - it clearly sets out a solid framework for finding enduring love.
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Adam Carlton
2.0 out of 5 stars A self-help book lacking rigour, originality or any level of analysis
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2016
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When I bought 'Enduring Love', my wife snorted about people who think the answer to everything is read the manual. In fact 'Enduring Love' is the name of an Open University research project enrolling 5,000 respondents. I was expecting data, statistical analysis, IQ and personality correlates and some well-founded conclusions.

I was so wrong. It's a soggy self-help book. The volunteers have been mined for case-history anecdotes. So if you want to know that it's better to keep the burned marmite toast for yourself, and serve the perfect one to your partner, (p. 29), I can't recommend this book highly enough.
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