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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Thorough but long-winded,
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This review is from: The Talk Book: The Intimate Science of Communicating in Close Relationships (Hardcover)
This book is designed to help you improve your ability to interact with others through everyday conversations. The author identifies six "talk- tools":Disclosures,Reflections,Interpretations,Advisements, Questions, and Silences. He devotes a chapter to each tool, and follows with a chapter on how to improve your use of each one. The book has over 200 densely printed pages, complete with research references, extended samples of recorded conversations and much discussion of possible variations. The length and completeness of the book works against its usefulness as a practical guide, especially compared to Laurie Kuhn's wonderful book Instant Persuasion on the same subject. Although Kuhn's book is short and simple (e.g., regarding Advisement she simply says "Don't give unsolicited advice") compared to Goodman's treatise, it is much easier to remember and apply.
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Talk Book by Gerald Goodman (Mass Market Paperback - June 13, 1990)
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