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If you go online and do a search for terms like “good wife” or “taking care of husband” you will find almost nothing. There are entries from religious fundamentalists, and lots of feminist criticism of the very concept, but overall, there is pretty substantive evidence that in this culture, especially if you’re educated, the very idea of wanting to be good at being someone’s wife is considered stupid and oppressive. There are millions of entries about how to be a good husband, what women need and want and so on, but the opposite concept just doesn’t exist. In fact, if you look at the tags for this book, you will see terms like “evil” and “waste of a good tree”.
My husband is a retired airline Captain and requested this book for Christmas after he read a short excerpt somewhere. It was only sheer willpower that kept me from reading the book before giving it to him – fortunately he read it relatively quickly so I got my turn before New Year’s day.
Very good book that offers the tools to remove the pretense that often clouds our self view, as well as our world view. I strongly recommend it.