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Love and Marriage

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It took me a while to get accustomed to Cosby's writing style. His writing voice is very different from his speaking. I admit, this is my first endeavor into reading Cosby's wit, but I found it quite enjoyable. As I read more, I found it very insightful. I would definitely recommend this book.

Cosby's insights about "the only subject no one has ever been able to study for" are bound to provoke happy tears, constant smiles and delicious laughs on every reader. You won't be able to put this book down and, after you've read it, you'll want all your friends to read it as soon as possible. It's that good.

Bill Cosby, yet again, writes another amusing classic. Filled with amusing highlights (and lowlights) from his first dating experience until his 25 year marriage. There is enough wit in the book to make anyone who ever saw a married couple cry with laughter, yet enough wisdom to make the married, or soon to be married, think a little. As always, Cos delivers his comedic timing and insight on a barage of subjects to make everyone who reads this book laugh out loud and be glad they picked up the book

The late Frank Sinatra sang in his 1955 hit song of the same title,"LOVE AND MARRIAGE go together like a horse and carriage." In this book the Doctor Of Comedy tells about romance and his personal romantic non-sexual experiences. One of them is his 1964 wedding to Camille Olivia Hanks in Olney,Maryland. Bill and Camille Cosby are still husband and wife today. Sorry,there is no mention of the marriage of Dr. Heathcliff and Clair Hanks Huxtable(Cosby and Phylicia Rashad on NBC's The Cosby Show). The Cosbys have adult children who have married themselves(not all of them). Take note of Cosby surrounded by dozens of beautiful red roses on the cover. Hey,who knows more about LOVE AND MARRIAGE than the college-educated Cosby? Many people who read this book also read TIME FLIES and FATHERHOOD.

Bill Cosby shares his humorous and disaster strewn search for amour as well as all the silly lessons his longtime marriage to Camille have taught him. There really isn't much `advice' he can give, as he admits, so he just shares his observations and experiences (some of which are from his comedy routines) and that, it turns out, is quite enough. A quick, sweet and very funny read.

Having recently read "Fatherhood", I had high hopes for "Love and Marriage". In "Fatherhood", some genuine parenting advice was presented. After reading the first chapter of "Love and Marriage", I was expecting similar tidbits to be present in this book. I was disappointed.

The book really falls apart after the first few chapters. These chapters give an enlightening look into the youthful period when we discover the other sex. After this analysis, the book goes into Cosby's dating disasters that rage on until he meets his wife. The remaining chapters discuss his marriage. These chapters digress into jokes about the differences between the sexes and other humor. While these diatribes are moderately entertaining, they lack the wisdom I have come to expect from Cosby.

Because the trademark wit did not accompany the wisdom, I found myself to be disappointed with this book. While I would encourage you to read the masterwork "Fatherhood", I do not have high regards for this book.

This book was a lot of fun. Cosby's reflections on the various stages of his own romantic life, beginning with a surprisingly rakish youth, are funny in a sit-com sort of way. That is, they are illustrated with sarcastic dialogues and situation-based humor. It is amazing to see how a television career can influence one's writing.

The author's wit shines through every sentence in Love and Marriage. It's a must-read for anyone who has plans for either.

Having heard and seen Bill Cosby over all these years, I recently got my hands on one of his books called, "Bill Cosby LOVE AND MARRIAGE". So I decided to see how funny he could be on the pages of a book. Well, let me tell you... HE CAN!!! And he does!!! Make you laugh, that is. He touches on so many of the major points of love... young love, puberty, marriage, etc., that there is someting for everyone in this book. I can see this book being enjoyed by the yound and old alike. The young, because being in love is always relevant to everyone. And being older because the older crowd has been following the funnies of Bill Cosby a lot longer than we have, and they would love it too. In fact, if you're wondering what to get your PARENTS for Valentine's Day, Birthday, and gift occassion, this is a CAN'T MISS book. I hope you read this and laugh as hard as we all always do at ANYTHING Bill Cosby graces us with. God bless him!

Love and Marriage is a fun and entertaining book. As a lifelong Cosby fan, I could hear his voice inside my head as I read it. I finished it the same day I got it, it's an easy fun read. A good escape for a few hours.

Bill Cosby
Love and Marriage

(New York: Doubleday, 1989) 188 pages

An autobiographical account of early love experiments
and 25 years of marriage with the same woman.
Funny on every page.
Deals with a lot of problems everyone faces in relationships.
Not intended to be profound, but this comic has a serious side.
And laughing at our problems is sometimes the best cure.