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How marriages work and why they fail Marriage is an adventure, says Shobhaa D, celebrity writer, devoted wife and mother of six. Its about trust, companionship, affection and sharing. Its also about learning to cope with your partners moods and eccentricities. Not to mention the delicate balancing act between parents, children, friends and a career, and the sometimes overpowering need to get away from it all. In this delightful book on societys most debated institution, Shobhaa D writes about how and why marriages workor dont. With her usual disregard for rules, she reinvents tradition and challenges old stereotypes, addressing all the issues that are central to most Indian marriages: the saas-bahu conundrum (how to escape the role-trap and enjoy each other), the need for honesty (arent some secrets better left secret?), the importance of romance (no, expressions of love are not unmanly!), and not any less important, how to recognize the warning signs in a hopeless relationship and run before its too late. Fun, savvy and, above all, pragmatic, this is the ultimate relationship book for all those who want to make the adventure of marriage last a lifetime About The Author The obsessive-compulsive writer of fifteen books, Shobhaa De has spent the last three years in the pursuit of her first vocation, journalism. Her columns are ubiquitous, appearing in nearly every newspaper and magazine of note. They carry her customarily edgy observations on matters of politics, the economy, business and commerce, the heart and the hearth. Best-selling author, jet-setting commentator and honest critic, she is most at home in Mumbai--a city which is also a recurrent character in much of her workliving there with her husband Dilip and (when theyre around) their six children To visit the new Shobhaa D website please click here

How marriages work and why they fail Marriage is an adventure, says Shobhaa D, celebrity writer, devoted wife and mother of six. Its about trust, companionship, affection and sharing. Its also about learning to cope with your partners moods and eccentricities. Not to mention the delicate balancing act between parents, children, friends and a career, and the sometimes overpowering need to get away from it all. In this delightful book on societys most debated institution, Shobhaa D writes about how and why marriages workor dont. With her usual disregard for rules, she reinvents tradition and challenges old stereotypes, addressing all...  Read More