- Paperback: 291 pages
- Publisher: M. Evans & Company; 3rd Revised edition edition (Mar 1 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 087131438X
- ISBN-13: 978-0871314383
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 395 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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#451,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Relationships > Nonmonogamy
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The classic that revolutionized the way Americans see marriage. Sold more than 35 million copies and translated into 14 languages.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Book about Open Marriage - NOT Swinging!,
By "mcorraink" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples (Paperback)
The title of this book has become misleading only because the meaning of the words "Open Marriage" has changed over the decades.This book is an excellent guide for people interested in all the aspects of attaining and living in an open marriage, which is an overall way of life, not just sexual freedom. Everything from sex to doing the dishes is covered in this book. Some of the language may sound dated since it's original printing, but then again, so does Shakespeare. This the best book I have ever found to learn about ALL aspects of your marital relationships (not just the sexual ones) and discover the ways in which people try to control and eventually destroy each other as individuals within a marriage. If you want a book on "swinging" (a/k/a recreational, non-monogomous sex) then this is NOT the book you are looking for. But then again, Open Marriage is leaps and bounds beyond just swinging. This book guides you through making this a way of life in a wonderful way, changing the traditional marriage views in ALL aspects, including non-monogomous sex, but not JUST sex. How do I know this? I've been living this way for 15 years and still going happy and strong. My first "traditional" marriage lasted 3 years.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Outdated & overripe,
By Anthony D Ravenscroft (Santa Fe, NM United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples (Paperback)
This book reached its "sell before" date about 25 years ago. Better books have been written, but haven't been hyped so thoroughly, so it keeps getting reprinted.The "open marriage" concept has -- REPEAT AFTER ME -- absolutely nothing to do with sexual nonmonogamy. Rather, the authors examine the problem of what another author has called "the couple front," where couples feel they must act as if they're surgically joined, & end up feeling confined & eventually hating each other. If you are NOT interested in nonmonogamy, then read ANY book by Harville Hendrix & you'll find thoughts that are much more practical. If you ARE interested in nonmonogamy (group marriage, polyamory, etc.), then start with Intimate Friendships (Ramey), Polyamory (Anapol), Honest Sex (Roy & Roy), or Group Marriage (Constantine & Constantine)... or even The New Faithful (Nearing), or Three in Love (Foster). I usually see ten copies of this book at any thrift store. That's somehow fitting.
4.0 out of 5 stars
May change your (and her) life,
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This review is from: Open Marriage: A New Life Style for Couples (Paperback)
A very beneficial and good book, although somewhat boring at places (especially the early chapters). The ideologies and points of view presented just make so much sense! And it's easy to find corresponding cases from your own life (to know what they write about). I'd recommend this to _any_ couple, at least for me it seemed to do the trick.
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