Pat Gaudette

‘Relationships Books’

The Girl’s Guide to Absolutely Everything by Melissa Kirsch is a hefty book, 478 pages in size, written for women in their 20s and 30s. It could certainly be a third less pages but then the nicely done typography and graphics would have to go and that would pretty much destroy the easy reading of this book.

The Girl’s Guide to Absolutely Everything is crammed with useful information on every topic a woman would need and/or want to know from health to work to fashion to manners to friends to love and more. Mixed in with the easy to read information and tips are websites, recommended books, authorities on various topics. Read more »

After Sunny’s middle-aged husband ends their marriage by running off with an old high school sweetheart, Sunny wonders if there’s anyone from her past who would have the same effect on her. Author Pamela Redmond Satran’s book The Man I Should Have Married begins with a divorce and ends with a marriage. The middle of the book tells how it all happened. Read more »

Times have changed for today’s teens. That much is very clear when reading Dear Diary, Lesley Arfin’s very open and chilling look back at her life from age 12 to 25. Sex, drugs, addiction. Do all of today’s young girls face the same temptations? Or is it just young girls within a certain segment of the population or in certain areas of the country? Read more »

Generally, books on finance can be dry and difficult to read. That’s not the case with Money Without Matrimony: The Unmarried Couple’s Guide To Financial Security. Authors Sheryl Garrett, CFP, and Debra A. Neiman, CFP, MBA, have put together a book that is not only easy to read, it is interesting as well. Read more »

I found author Ariadne Green’s book, Divine Complement: The Spiritual Terrain of Soulmate Relationships, to be interesting reading. Green, a popular radio show host, dream expert and spiritual advisor, is also the best-selling author of Ariadne’s Book of Dreams. She holds a graduate degree in Educational Psychology from Cal State Hayward with two years of doctoral study in philosophy and consciousness studies. Read more »

Unhooked Generation: The Truth About Why We’re Still Single, written by Jillian Straus and published by Hyperion, takes a look at relationships and commitment in today’s world of speed dating and the Internet. To understand the problems facing singles searching for true love, Straus conducted in-depth interviews with 100 single men and women in their twenties and thirties and shares their eye-opening stories. Read more »

Finally! A book that will show women just what makes their man “tick”! That book is Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User’s Guide for Women, written by David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine, with Ted Spiker, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Florida. This excellent book is easy to read and packed with good information. Read the excerpt that follows and I think you’ll agree. Read more »

How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk: The Foolproof Way to Follow Your Heart Without Losing Your Mind by John Van Epp, Ph.D., published by McGraw Hill, is a book for men and women who are tired of making the same mistakes when chosing relationship partners. Easy to read, filled with good information. Read more »