When troubled or depressed, women "go down into their wells, and men retreat into their caves,'' the author claims in this abridged version of his best-selling book. Gray uses such examples to demonstrate the common conflicts between men and women. Topics include communication differences; emotional needs and the different ways of expressing these needs; and forming and maintaining relationships. This adaptation, read competently by Gray, succinctly summarizes the text. Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand: Talk Between the Sexes (S. & S. Audio, 1991) offers a more in-depth look at the different communication styles, although Gray's clinical experience is evident in his text. Without any research references, however, the material comes across as psychobabble. Recommended for public libraries where demand warrants.-- Dale Farris, Groves, Tex.
Bookended by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Y2K scare, defined by social change and economic prosperity, the 1990s brought a momentous end to the 20th century. This sense of upheaval, evolution, and optimism is reflected in the books that defined the decade, from no-holds-barred memoirs, to engrossing fantasy narratives, to works of pop […]
Great news you already know! Our favorite dysfunctional family returns on Sunday, and we’re chee-chaw-ing like a bunch of excited chickens up in here. As one would expect after such a long winter’s nap, surely season 4 will finally show our Bluths as self-aware, other-centric, fully actualized people. Haha—no way, don’t be dumb on purpose! […]
