The 4 Seasons of Marriage Paperback – Unabridged, September 1, 2012

It is a very lovely book to read and is helpful to me.

Wonderful book and came on time

If you're looking for a book packed full of ideas for strengthening your marriage, I recommend Gary Chapman's "The 4 Seasons of Marriage" to you. In this book, Chapman uses the seasons of nature as an analogy for the possible states of a marriage. If a marriage is strong and thriving, it is a summer marriage. If a couple is on the brink of divorce, their marriage is deep in the cold of winter. Chapman's purpose in writing the book is to help couples move toward or maintain the blessings of spring and summer.Chapman starts by defining each season of marriage and identifying the emotions and actions that go with each. Then he provides a questionnaire couples can fill out to discover, if they haven't already figured it out, what season their marriage is in. He follows that with seven strategies for improving one's marriage. He closes with a question and answer section and a group or couple's discussion guide.The seven strategies were the heart of the book. No matter what season your marriage is in, implementing these ideas will be a benefit. One of them, of course, is learning your spouse's love language. That chapter gives a brief synopsis of Chapman's brilliant book about this.Throughout the book, Chapman is very conscious of all possible reader circumstances. He often writes to the spouse who is struggling to save a marriage though the other spouse has given up. He provides concrete examples of how such a spouse can adopt his ideas and, hopefully, reach the other's wounded heart. And, though marriage is a team sport, Chapman puts the burden for positive action on the individual. We don't manipulate our spouses into changing for our good; we initiate positive change within ourselves for our marriage's good.I enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it to you!

Good and bad. The first part of the book contains definitions of the 4 seasons with a dizzying array of stories of marriages that were in those seasons. That content could have been done in half the number of pages dedicated to it. The remainder of the book is worth the read. It contains some key points that will snag every marriage somewhere along the line. Reading the issue and how it manifests is easy, the hard part is to make changes to self to be a better spouse. This book does not regurgitate the same info from his Love Languages book it is different recommendations on how to view different aspects and improve communications within your marriage.

We gave this book to our couples at emergency tree this year. A very good book on marriage.

This book has great information on how to save your marriage and keep it going strong! I love that every point in this book is biblically based.

I ordered this book, to learn the basics of my marriage and understand how to not take, but help my wife with household stuff, great book.

When I first picked up this book I intended to scan through it and return. But when I started I could not keep it down and I ended up keeping the book. That says a lot get you a copy not only to rescue your marriage but to keep it and above all help other people. Thank you Gary.