For Better or for Best, Gary Smalley
For Better or for Best, Gary Smalley
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For Better or for Best
A Valuable Guide to Knowing, Understanding, and Loving your Husband

Author: Gary Smalley

Narrator: Maurice England

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 05/08/2012

Synopsis

Over 600,000 copies sold!Crack the code on what motivates your man and how you can build a better marriage together!So you want your husband to . . .Be sensitive to your emotional and romantic needs?Comfort you when you're down?Spend more time with you?Listen to what you have to say?Appreciate you?Do more around the house?Spend time with the kids?Be your most intimate friend?In this revised and updated edition of his classic bestseller, Gary Smalley explains how women can use their natural, God-given qualities to build a better marriage. He helps women understand not only the way men think, but also how to move a man's heart.Using the latest research, stories from his own marriage, and case histories and biblical examples, Gary Smalley offers an insider's perspective into the world of men, including practical help and application so wives can deepen their relationships with their husbands and build a lasting marriage.Companion to If Only He Knew. Spanish edition also available.

About Gary Smalley

Gary Smalley was one of the country’s best-known authors and speakers on family relationships. In addition to writing The Blessing and The Two Sides of Love with John Trent, their book The Language of Love (newly revised and updated) won the Angel Award as the best contribution to family life. His national infomercial, Hidden Keys to Loving Relationships, has been viewed by television audiences all over the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellen Chesser on February 18, 2017

It made me cry, it made me nod my head furiously...but most of all, challenged me!!! As a very headstrong, outspoken wife of a very laid back and timid husband, we find ourselves at odds often. But this ball put the ball in my court and showed me how I was messing up disastrously in many areas of our......more

Goodreads review by Heather on July 11, 2013

Blerg. Started out as a good read but quickly became a typical ultra conservative viewpoint of marriage & the role of wifey to nurture & elevate her hubby while lowering her expectations & removing part of her brain so she can have a happy & satisfying marriage.......more

Goodreads review by Emma on October 14, 2018

Gary Smalley is a wonderful person. He has now gone home to the Lord a few years ago, but his son Greg Smalley is also a very talented, honest, kind-hearted person and a wonderful marriage counsellor. This book was practical, thought provoking and I've heard many things discussed before e.g. the I f......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on January 20, 2018

This book was quite old-fashioned. It often talked about the woman taking care of the house and kids and men working. It also occasionally talked about sex being used to motivate men. A lot of things he said were good but the whole book was written in a do this don't do that kind of way which i didn......more

Goodreads review by Cammie on April 24, 2024

I thought there was some really good advise in this book, although I thought some of thinking was a bit "dated" (it was originally written in 1979). There was one part of the book that I will probably always remember when Gary Smalley related a story of how a lady went through a horrific event early......more

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