"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It's just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty...

Heal Your Family Father Wound and Finally Understand Why You. . .* Struggle in your love life* Worry about money and success* Allow male anger to negatively influence your life* According to National Center for Fathering:There is one problem that surpasses all others in its impact on men, women, and society. It is the family father wound. We focus on the importance of mothers in determining the well-being of children. Yet, without the support of their...

Providing a religious lens on the topic, this book directly addresses the problem of spousal abuse in the Jewish community, in hopes of confronting the truth and taking definitive steps to end this violation of all that Judaism stands for. A leading rabbi and psychiatrist reveals with striking candor, firmness, and compassion what may have been closely kept dark secrets in many Jewish families and offers urgently needed advice and direction. Rabbi...

"In this landmark book, David Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff, both psychoanalysts, develop a way of thinking about and working with the couple as a small group of two, held together as a tightly knit system by a commitment that is powerfully reinforced by the bond of mutual sexual pleasure."--

"The story of four couples linked over sevearal decades by one diamond ring, and the woman who launched the most famous diamond campaign in the world"--

"While the psychodynamic understanding of play and play's therapeutic potential was long restricted to the realm of children, Winnicott's work demonstrated the profound significance of the capacity to play for healthy mental functioning during adult life. Scattered writings of Erikson, Glenn, and Shopper notwithstanding, the early spark of understanding remained largely ill developed. In Play and Playfulness, the reader is offered an exciting and...

Inside their picture-perfect homes, the residents of this quiet California suburb are not at all what they seem. As looming Santa Ana winds threaten to turn brushfires into catastrophe, relationships are complicated and the bonds between families, spouses and children are never quite what they seem. What happens next door, beyond the hedges, in the romper room and executive office--it's all as combustible as a quick brushfire on a windy day.

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen, the out-of-work and hungry are demanding change. In a genteel Camberwell villa -- a large, silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and servants -- impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers. Little do the Wrays know just how profoundly their new tenants will alter the course of Frances's life -- or how far-reaching the disturbances will be.

Les statistiques sont alarmantes : 67 % des couples mariés après 1990 divorceront. La plupart le feront la 4e ou 5e année de leurs mariage ; les autres attendront le départ de leurs enfants. La bonne nouvelle, c'est que de moins en moins de couples acceptent de se résigner et de se faire la guerre pendant un demi-siècle. Ce qui ne laisse qu'un maigre 20 % des couples qui, la plupart du temps, sont heureux de vivre ensemble. Pourtant, selon...

Il n'y a jamais d'éclair dans un ciel bleu Le féminisme nous a ouvert les yeux sur la violence conjugale. Il a contribué et continue de contribuer à l'évolution positive de notre société. Certaines féministes, par contre, n'ont ouvert qu'un seul oeil sur cette violence: celle faite aux femmes. Elles ont délibérément fermé l'autre oeil, celui qui devrait être ouvert sur la violence faite aux hommes. La raison en est très simple: elles...