I am neither a therapist nor a psychiatrist. My wife and I are average folk who work secularly, and we live in a modest home in a small town in England, with wonky black-and-white buildings and a lovely river, complete with ducks and swans.
We've had our ups and downs, but people have regularly commented on how happy we look. At first we were almost unaware of this, but as time passed, more and more people asked us what our secret is, which led me to writing a book about 12 years ago. I never liked that book though – it always felt too ‘preachy’ to me, like I was wagging my finger at the reader rather than befriending them and metaphorically putting my hand on their shoulder and just having a chat.
This second incarnation of the book came yet again out of people asking us: “After 25 years, how come you still look so happy? How come you still look like you’re in love?” So I sat down and started fresh.
My approach was simple: What does it take to have a happy relationship? I made myself comfortable and began writing a list. Rather interestingly, my list resembled the chapter headings of the original book to a large extent, but there were a few extra items on the list, having learnt a few more lessons the hard way since writing the original book. Who’d have thought, haha!
Some things did not change though. Being an IT geek, I have that natural tendency to look for root causes and then finding ways to fix them, rather than treating symptoms. The result is that How to be a Happy Couple is challenging you to look deeper than the surface, to look within, to find the real cause of problems, and then work on fixing it.
As one human being to another, I’d like to leave you with this parting thought: Please work hard on building a strong relationship. For any civilisation to survive, it needs strong families, but strong families, at their core, need strong couples, which in turn are made up of two strong people who love each other and know how to work together smoothly. It starts with you.
dashboard
Serie
5ème AVENUE
|
*STEPHEN KING A PROPOS DE CHRISTOPHER SMITH : "CONSIDÉREZ-MOI COMME UN FAN ENTHOUSIASTE DE CHRISTOPHER SMITH. SMITH EST UN GÉNIE CULTUREL."
L'histoire
Regardez bien toute la puissance et toute la richesse que représente la 5ème Avenue à New-York, et vous y trouverez la cupidité, le sang, la vengeance.
Dans le thriller et best-seller international "5ème Avenue ", une très haute société corrompue se retrouve traînée dans la boue lorsqu'un homme tente de détruire une famille entière dans une rage que rien ne peut apaiser.
Louis Ryan est cet homme.
George Redman, sa femme, ses deux filles et leurs amis proches sont ses cibles. Les deux hommes sont des milliardaires partis de rien, qui revendiquent leur place sur la 5ème Avenue. Mais quand Louis Ryan engage un assassin international afin de déchirer littéralement la famille Redman, une série d'événements catapulte tout ce beau monde à travers un thriller trépidant et dur dans lequel personne n'est en sécurité.
Leurs secrets sont révélés. Leur vie sexuelle est exposée. La Mafia est impliquée. Et les deux filles de George, Celina et Leana Redman, prises dans les griffes du passé de leur père, sont menacées par le désir aveugle de Louis Ryan de détruire un autre homme pour lui faire payer le meurtre de sa femme 31 ans plus tôt.
Título : 5ème AVENUE : Un Thriller
EAN : 9781386975496
Editorial : 5th Avenue Productions
El libro electrónico 5ème AVENUE : Un Thriller está en formato ePub
¿Quieres leer en un eReader de otra marca? Sigue nuestra guía.
Puede que no esté disponible para la venta en tu país, sino sólo para la venta desde una cuenta en Francia.
Si la redirección no se produce automáticamente, haz clic en este enlace.
Conectarme
Mi cuenta