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The Surrendered Wife

A Practical Guide To Finding Intimacy, Passion and Peace

by Laura Doyle
Laura Doyle
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A New York Times bestseller, this controversial guide to improving your marriage has transformed thousands of relationships, bringing women romance, harmony, and the intimacy they crave.
Like millions of women, Laura Doyle wanted her marriage to be better. But when she tried to get her husband to be more romantic, helpful, and ambitious, he withdrew—and she was lonely and exhausted from controlling everything. Desperate to be in love with her man again, she decided to stop telling him what to do and how to do it. When Doyle surrendered control, something magical happened. The union she had always dreamed of appeared. The man who had wooed her was back.

The underlying principle of The Surrendered Wife is simple: The control women wield at work and with children must be left at the front door of any marriage. Laura Doyle's model for matrimony shows women how they can both express their needs and have them met while also respecting their husband's choices. When they do, they revitalize intimacy.

Compassionate and practical, The Surrendered Wife is a step-by-step guide that teaches women how to:

  • Give up unnecessary control and responsibility
  • Resist the temptation to criticize, belittle, or dismiss their husbands
  • Trust their husbands in every aspect of marriage—from sexual to financial
  • And more.

    The Surrendered Wife will show you how to transform a lonely marriage into a passionate union.

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    • Release date

      April 1, 2001

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Listen audiobook

        • ISBN: 9780743545457
        • File size: 32354 KB
        • Duration: 01:07:24

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • AudioFile Magazine
        In a throwback to the one-sided paternalism of yesteryear, the author says that marriage works best when the wife makes her husband feel cherished, relinquishes control of his life, and respects his thinking (even if she doesn't). She should receive his gifts graciously and expresses gratitude for him, say what she wants without making demands, feign helplessness rather than make intentional requests for help, and rely on him totally to handle household finances. Six months of this will lead her man to greatness as a provider and bedroom partner. Though respect and faith will bring out the best in anyone, most listeners will find what's recommended here as too archaic and one-sided to be useful in a modern marriage. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
      • Publisher's Weekly

        July 2, 2001
        A natural for audio, Doyle is perky, enthusiastic, friendly and confiding as she shares her secrets for a happy marriage. Her main point is that when she criticized, nagged and tried to control her husband, the marriage suffered; but when she "surrendered," letting him do things his way and make decisions for the family, he rose to the occasion, becoming a responsible and loving husband and making her feel protected and cared for. Doyle's "one size fits all" approach is not likely to fit everyone; indeed, it's hard to imagine any wife (or husband, for that matter) feeling emotionally satisfied in a marriage where every one of the husband's suggestions is met with a demure "Whatever you think best, dear." Doyle's insistence that the husband should control all aspects of the family's finances is also likely to raise a few eyebrows. But such extremism aside, Doyle makes some worthwhile points. Nagging and criticizing are not conducive to marital harmony, and treating a man like an incompetent child turns the wife into his mother—which isn't likely to make either party happy. Doyle also points out that wives need to take time to care for themselves (going to lunch with friends, getting facials or whatever activities they enjoy), instead of constantly martyring themselves to the needs of others. Based on the Fireside paperback.

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