You Can Be Right (Or You Can Be Married): Looking for Love in the Age of Divorce

by Dana Adam Shapiro Narrated by Daniel Maté

Overview

Fast approaching the age when bachelors go from seeming curious to seeming weird, Oscar-nominated documentarian Dana Adam Shapiro set out across the country with a tape recorder in search of modern answers to an age-old question:

Why does love die-and what can we do to prevent it from happening?

It all began as a self-help journey in the purest sense. A serial monogamist for more than two decades, Shapiro wanted to know why the honeymoon phase of his relationships never lasted until the actual honeymoon. Believing that you learn more from failure than from success, he spent the next three years criss­crossing the country with a tape recorder, interviewing hundreds of divorced people, hoping to become so fluent in the errors of Eros that he would be able to avoid them in his own love life-and one day be a better husband.

The result is a timely treasure trove of marital wisdom that is as racy as it is revelatory. Shockingly intimate and profoundly personal, this is a page-turning, voyeuristic investigation of modern love and a practical guide for any couple looking to beat the roulette-wheel odds of actually staying together forever.

Editorial Reviews

OCTOBER 2014 - AudioFile

Daniel Maté sounds spontaneous and impish as he narrates this stimulating guide to staying married, which uses interviews with an entertaining group of divorced men and women to illustrate its lessons. Maté is wonderful with these quotes, mimicking ethnic and gender stereotypes, enjoying the explicit language and sexual vignettes, and deftly propelling the author’s skillful storytelling. The immediacy of his performance takes listeners into the hearts of the interviewees and the wisdom of the author’s advice. The fast-moving program revolves around “the golden triangle of relationship advice”—be yourself as soon as possible in a new relationship, be honest about sexual tastes and appetites, and learn how to talk about conflicts. Married or not, this enlightening, funny audio will light a fire under your relationship frustrations and romantic ideals. T.W. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2014 - AudioFile

Daniel Maté sounds spontaneous and impish as he narrates this stimulating guide to staying married, which uses interviews with an entertaining group of divorced men and women to illustrate its lessons. Maté is wonderful with these quotes, mimicking ethnic and gender stereotypes, enjoying the explicit language and sexual vignettes, and deftly propelling the author’s skillful storytelling. The immediacy of his performance takes listeners into the hearts of the interviewees and the wisdom of the author’s advice. The fast-moving program revolves around “the golden triangle of relationship advice”—be yourself as soon as possible in a new relationship, be honest about sexual tastes and appetites, and learn how to talk about conflicts. Married or not, this enlightening, funny audio will light a fire under your relationship frustrations and romantic ideals. T.W. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169156515
Publisher:	Post Hypnotic Press
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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