This is a book I cannot recommend. While there are moments where Dr.Hyles seems to be onto something they are lost in his explanations. He seems to contradict himself(like suggesting married folks ought not have friends outside of each other but they should do hobbies apart to stay interesting to one another - who are you supposed to be engaging in these activities with?) and say things that I find simply wrong (like that you should hold back from your spouse so that you remain interesting and ignore the Biblical mandate of oneness while building his case on the surrounding verses). He frames his advice as a quasi-commentary on Song of Songs while drawing out ideas that have no grounding in the text itself.
Again I concede that some of his points are worth considering but I really dont know that it is worth wading through the garble and slush. There are other marriage books out there.
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Hmm... Good to know. I still say you should check out The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle by Mike Mason. Although it isn't as "practical" as some of the books out there, it remains one of my favorite books, maybe my very favorite, about marriage. : )
Think a little harder you might get it.
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