Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts

by Les Parrott III

Sixty percent of second marriages fail. Yours can be among the ones that succeed. Relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott show how you can beat the odds with flying colors and make remarriage the best thing thats ever happened to you. Do you have the skills you need? Now is the time to acquire them--and build a future together that is everything marriage can and ought to be.

Genres: Marriage, Relationships, Nonfiction, Christian

192 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2001

About the author

#1 New York Times best-selling authors, Les and Leslie. A husband-and-wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for helping others build healthy relationships. In 1991, the Parrotts founded the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University - a groundbreaking program dedicated to teaching the basics of good relationships.

Married in 1984, the Parrotts bring real-life examples to their speaking platform. Their professional training - Leslie as a marriage and family therapist, and Les as a clinical psychologist - ensures a presentation that is grounded, insightful and cutting-edge.

The Parrotts are New York Times #1 Best Selling Authors. Their books include the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Love Talk, Real Relationships, The Parent You Want to Be, The Hour That Matters Most and Crazy Good Sex.

Each year Les and Leslie speak in over 40 cities. Their audiences include a wide array of venues, from churches to Fortune 500 company board rooms. Their books have sold over two million copies in more than two dozen languages.

The Parrotts have been guests on many national TV and radio programs such as CNN, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The View with Barbara Walters, NBC Nightly News, and Oprah. Their work has been featured in USA Today and The New York Times.

Visit their website for lots of free resources at www.LesandLeslie.com

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book turned out to be the exact same (almost word for word) as the first one...Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. The only difference is the addition of one chapter about starting a new family with children from previous marriages. I like the first books info, so this one is good as well, but I don't like that this one is present as being specifically for divorcees, when it is really the same book with just a few minor changes.

[Kimbolimbo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not review right after reading/listening. Sorry. But what I remembered is that the audiobook was annoying due to the format of the book, too much music and vague vignettes. But my significant kind of annoying, but that may have been because we didn't use the workbook and we were on a roadtrip wanting to talk about all sort of things rather than listen to this audiobook. We did let the questions stimulate conversation.

[Sarah Fritz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Missing significant issues.
No discussion of common issues couples face. Social Media, transparency with technology, issues with ex spouses.

[Jessi Chaffin Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

OWN
I got more out of the last couple chapters than the entire rest of the book. It was a hard read. We did this for premarital counseling, along with the workbook and the symbis assessment.
The Last two chapters on blending families and God in your marriages were helpful. If I weren't reading this for premarital counseling I likely would've tapped out.

[Dena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not even one chapter into the book, I realized I needed to purchase both the women's and men's workbooks in order to get any real benefit from this book (all of the nine "questions to ask" before and after you remarry are in the workbooks). Easy to read, practical, and important information if you are considering getting remarried.

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

9 questions to help you have a more successful marriage the second time around - easy to read - good points
From Mike and RaeAnn Pardue at 1st UMC

[Elizabeth]

Something about this one rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe it's the religious focus? Either way, it's been sitting on my nightstand for upwards of a year with very little forward progress.

[Dj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vital for my re-marriage.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really, surprisingly good.

[Rae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Practical counsel from a Christian viewpoint.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a really helpful book, but apparently I should have read it twice.