From Library Journal
Stark (Timeless Healing, LJ 5/15/96) has written a readable self-help guide for brides-to-be and newlyweds who are trying to adjust to this often anxiety-ridden passage in life and to solve the consequent identity crisis. Chapters touch on wedding postpartum, handling money squabbles, falling prey to stereotypes, timing pregnancies, and communication and criticism in a marriage. The text is interspersed with comments from the 50 (mostly white, middle-class) wome (more…)
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September 7th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect….if you’re needy, self-absorbed, vain and bound for divorce court!
I hated this book. No, hate is too nice of a word. I ABHORRED this book. The author and the women that she features in this book are absolutely clueless.
September 7th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, easy read, cheaper than counseling!
Excellent book! I read it just prior to when I had suspected I would be getting engaged (I was right!
September 7th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
much-needed read
This book has changed my marriage and life for the better! Stark writes what many think and feel but no one says.
September 8th, 2009 at 1:27 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
Should be Required Reading for Any Bride-To-Be
I got this book right after my own wedding and really enjoyed reading it. It dosen’t tell you anything new.
September 8th, 2009 at 8:14 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
therapeutic for author only
I’m guessing that writing this book was quite therapeutic for Ms Stark; marrying a military guy must have been hard.
September 8th, 2009 at 8:58 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reply to What Have You Done For Me Lately
I read What No One Tells the Bride a while ago and was shocked when I read the review titled “What Have You Done for Me Lately.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
College-educated women who have created an identity as a single woman prior to marriage should read this book.
“What No One Tells the Bride” does not fix your anxieties, nor does it give you magical solutions to potential problems.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:44 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST EVER!!
Forget the “Everything” books. This is the “must read”! Brides….it helps you cope with the inevitable “trying to keep everyone happy” issue.
September 8th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must read for all new brides
I just started reading this book about 4 months after my wedding and I wish I had gotten to it sooner.
September 8th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST READ FOR BRIDES TO BE
I will be honest and say there are not many books out there (that I could find) about the emotional transitions of the engagement/wedding process.