Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before and After You Marry (Hardcover)

by Les and Leslie Parrott (Author)

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Product Description
Meeting the needs of a generation overwhelmed by divorce odds, relationship experts Les & Leslie Parrott share seven key questions to help couples identify and overcome stumbling blocks to a building a healthy, lifelong marriage.

From the Back Cover
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, created by relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, is a comprehensive marriage program designed specifically for today’s couples by a couple. And now, in this updated edition, the Parrotts’ award-winning approach has been expanded to incorporate ten more years of feedback, research, and professional experience.

This is more than a book—it’s practically a self-guided premarital counseling course, and it is used by counselors and churches across the country and, now in ten languages, worldwide. Questions at the end of every chapter help you explore each topic personally. Companion men’s and women’s workbooks* full of self-tests and exercises help you apply what you learn and enjoy intimate discussions along the way. There is even a seven-session DVD kit (with a bonus session for people entering a second marriage) available that you can use on your own or with other couples in a group or a class that want to grow together. In this dynamic DVD you’ll not only hear entertaining and insightful teaching from The Parrotts, but you’ll also meet other real-life couples who provide amazing candor and perspective.

Relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott show you the secrets to building a marriage that lasts.
• Uncover the most important misbeliefs of marriage
• Learn how to communicate with instant understanding
• Discover the secret to reducing and resolving conflict
• Master the skills of money management
• Get your sex life off to a great start
• Understand the three essential ingredients to lasting love
• Discover the importance of becoming “soul mates” … and more.
Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage—before (and after) it starts.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310259827
• ISBN-13: 978-0310259824
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars definitely worth reading, February 19, 2007

By	R. L. Peters (Enid, OK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My fiancee and I are in the process of using this book for our pre-marital counseling. It is good, it definitely has some good suggestions and is very thought provoking. Some of the exercises in the workbook are a bit rigid and unclear but overall I have found it to be great. Covers a variety of topics from communication to misunderstandings to intimacy.
A good investment.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for both men and women, February 8, 2007

By	D. Pense - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book. Because its written by a couple, it is logical for both men and women. It gives you a very realistic of marriage and what to expect. It's not preachy, just practical.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for engaged couples!, September 9, 2007

By	M. E. Moore (Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My fiance and I are going through premarital counseling, and our officiant has made this book a requirement, which is great. It's a great book which really helps you to focus on your relationship and your commitment to your future spouse. Whether you've been together for 5 months or 5 years, this book is great. Marriage takes work, and especially since the divorce rate is so high, why wouldn't you want to put everything you can into starting out your marriage on solid footing?