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Title: How Could You Do That?! : Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience, The by Laura C. Schlessinger ISBN: 0-06-092806-9 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 07 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (44 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: spread it all over the world
Comment: This is a fantastic book! Having said that, I am from Europe and have never heard of Dr. Laura before and never heard her show (This in reply to the reviewer that states he can't imagine anyone liking the book that doesn't know the show.) The thing about this book is that you see the world in a different light afterwards. After I've read the book, a friend of mine who was the intruding part in a triangle relationship came to me moaning how unfair life was to her...and instead of hiding my disgust and comforting her I told her she was a husband- snatcher. She looked at me: "No I'm not!" and I said: "That is EXACTLY what you are." Then she was silent for a long time. Now, happily married to a much better man she is so grateful and tells me I've changed her life. But I didn't. Dr. Laura did. Finally, I am working in the field of psychology and I fully agree with her criticism of over- therapy. There's no point in asking a drowning person: "So you say you are drowning. How does it feel and what does it remind you of?" You say "swim". and that's what she does.
Rating: 2
Summary: Laura talks better than she writes
Comment: ...
The best parts of this book are the the transcripts from the radio show. Why? Because when Dr. Schlessinger is behind the mike, she's focussed, clear, chatty, and intriguing. But her writing hits the page with a thud. There's simply no life in it.
Her topic is an interesting one, but this book does not succeed in making its point. I would be hard-put to find a reader who enjoyed the book who didn't already listen her show AND was a rabid fan. I'm not discussing whether or not I agree with her position, but how she communicated it.
I suspect that she's trying to write a book that has already been written, and she fails in comparison. Spend your money on M. Scott Peck's _People of the Lie_ instead, and listen to the Dr. Laura radio show for the same information. There really isn't anything in the book that she hasn't covered in the show.
I read her first book as well and was also disappointed in how poorly the writing compares to her on-air style.
Rating: 1
Summary: too bad it only goes down to 1 star
Comment: I was given this book as a gag gift. I regret the day that I actually read it. Here's the basic message "Be good.", it's nice that so many adults are willing to be maniuplated by a statement that has haunted them since Kindergarten. If you need a solution merely "Being good" is not a solution. Change something within yourself. Don't avoid the actual problem. And most of all DON'T preach about this book to other people, they might sucker-punch you, I know I would.
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Title: Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives by Laura C. Schlessinger ISBN: 0060976497 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships by Laura C. Schlessinger ISBN: 0060512601 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger ISBN: 0060520612 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives by Laura Schlessinger ISBN: 0060929448 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Stupid Things Parents Do To Mess Up Their Kids: Don't Have Them If You Won't Raise Them by Laura Schlessinger ISBN: 0060933798 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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