The Predatory Female: A Field Guide to Dating and the Marriage-Divorce Industry [Mass Market Paperback]

Lawrence Shannon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1992

A Field Guide to Dating and today's billion dollar Marriage-Divorce Industry in the United States

Editorial Reviews

Review

Absolutely Hilarious! -- Capt. F.L. Austin

Wonderful! It's about time! Marvelously written and engrossing, I couldn't put it down. -- Fortunado "Jazzbro" Lucrecci

About the Author

Reverend Shannon is a retired airline pilot who was ordained in 1969. A veteran of both divorce and custody battles, he wrote The Predatory Female to help finance his children's college educations.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 163 pages
• Publisher: Banner Books; 2nd edition (August 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961593806
• ISBN-13: 978-0961593803
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #802,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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85 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for all politicians, lawyers and judges, November 29, 1999

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Vince Page (Brookshire, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Predatory Female: A Field Guide to Dating and the Marriage-Divorce Industry (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is now in its 4th printing because it exposes and explains the lopsided divorce court system in America and the women who use it for their own financial gain.

This book will make you wonder how Americans ever wound up with a divorce court system that openly discriminates against men, when America has such a plethora of politicians who claim to support family values.

This book should be required reading for every politician, lawyer and judge in the country because it clearly illustrates that a dent will not be made in America's high divorce rate until both litigants in a divorce proceeding are treated fairly and as equals.

The author uses humorous anecdotes and metaphors to make his points, and some women may find these abrasive, but only those who use its techniques should be truly offended.

51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are going to get married READ this book, September 7, 1999

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Gary R. Vineyard (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Predatory Female: A Field Guide to Dating and the Marriage-Divorce Industry (Mass Market Paperback)

I first got this book 15 years ago...from a friend and have read and re-read it many times. I am happily married with two wonderful kids and my wife thinks its a gas as well. The one stars are obviously from chicks who fit the "mould" and are upset at being found out. I wonder if everyone knows who the author is? He is or was a commercial pilot for a major airline and has paid MILLIONS to his ex-wives. Boys, read this and look at your lover....and laugh

49 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home Run, December 31, 1999

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C. Philip Slaton (A Battered Survivor) (Southwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Predatory Female: A Field Guide to Dating and the Marriage-Divorce Industry (Mass Market Paperback)

Oh yes! As one who has been through a California Divorce, from a wealthy woman, this is truth! I find it funny that "Predatory Females" have dialed in to leave negative comments. The book is truer than any Bible you have ever read. I am sure that the Author's former wife and mine compared notes. The attorneys, the bottom feeders, simply do not get it either. Defending a man, they will fight for his "rights" (which truly do not exist) to his last dollar. They will defend you all the way to the poor house. I will never forget my divorce attorney taking my Gold Rolex GMT Date Master, right off my wrist before he would proceed further. I should have just bailed out. I should not have answered the divorce paperwork, not paid the attorney's retainer and simply walked away. It would have been cheaper and less painful. Also never fight for custody of the kids. Joint custody is a myth. If the kids are living with the ex, their relationship with their Father will be totally estranged in 5 to 10 years depending on their age going into the divorce. What a book! Read it and plan that your lovely marriage will end in divorce. Hopefully, you will be proved wrong, if you're planned ahead.