Customer Reviews

Straight Talk About Betrayal: A Self-Help Guide for Couples

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This book is tiny, and can be finished in a snap. I found that to be a Positive when asking my wife (who had the affair) to read it with me. It's not overwhelming. What I especially appreciated was that it offered a view of each person's perspective and did so in a non judgmental, matter of fact manner. It has been frustrating trying to find a resource to help work through a tough situation, when most of the books available are written specifically for Women whose Husbands had cheated. This book did not make any assumptions and works for either situation, whether it was the husband or wife who had the affair. I see it only briefly mentioned in the description above, but the end of the book is a helpful questionnaire to aid both parties to evaluate their feelings and spark a USEFUL discussion about, "Where do we go from here?" I wouldn't wish the situation on anyone, but if it did happen, this book would be the one I would recommend first.

This is a good "bite size" pocket healing guide for affairs. I like the fact it covered both the cheater and cheated's perspectives. It's a good read for someone who's so numb and shellshocked that reading a full length book is just too daunting.

My husband (who had the affair) and I were making no progress on moving ahead and really felt there was no hope for our marriage despite our best efforts and with professional help. I really thought I was going crazy. Then I searched on Amazon for books on surviving an affair and bought this one. It was fantastic! It was like reading a story written about our experiences! My husband and read the book together and finally agreed on something--the book is good! We understand each other's pain and I think we have a very good chance of saving our marriage. I recommend it highly!

This extremely short book was something I picked up 2 weeks after my husband confessed to his infidelity. I was still on the ups and downs of the emotional roller coaster and had decided to stay with him and work it out. This book seemed to talk in third grader language and stated the most obvious things - feeling anger, feeling sadness, and offered almost no solutions. If you really want to work through infidelity and betrayal than you are going to need more than 25 pages of lists about how some people feel. There are a lot of other books out there that offer real solutions to forgiveness and anger release and how to get over the depression.

After having a child and dealing with the stress of parenthood I committed the greatest crime of all, cheating on my soulmate Angel. After losing the most important thing in my life I realized how much she truely meant to me. It was hard for me to cope with all the pain and I even considered taking my own life. I knew I needed help so a friend recommended this book. After finishing this modern literature miracle I felt like a mountain was lifted from my soul. I finally found the words I wanted to say to Angel that were so hard to convey in the past. I gave her my copy and after rebuilding our trust and restoring our friendship we finally overcame the betrayal and found the love we thought was lost forever. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

This book is a great summary about the trials and tribulations of recovery. I could relate to everything. My husband is gaining an understanding of what I am going through. I highly recommend this one!

This book was great. It was short and to the point. My husband would not pick up any other book on the subject. He got through this one. It helped me with my emotions.

Short and to the point. My husband had the patience to read this one! He refused to read anything. He can't stand the usual psychobabble. This made perfect sense to him. It helped me understand my emotions.

This little book has a bunch of great info packed into it. It also has a questionaire at the end for you and your partener. It is something you can fill out and then have a great open minded discussion. It helps open up the door for a discussion on what happened and what you want the out come to be. Great little book!!

A pocket book with some insite,to complex a subject for a 15 minute read.