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COMING DECEMBER 28, 2010
Saving Your Marriage When the Fairytale Falters
No one talks about the dark side of marriage. Take the death fantasy—the heart attack or the aneurysm many a husband or wife has wished on his or her spouse. Or, take the lack of sexual interest, the wives who dread their husband’s touch and who wish, hope and pray that, for the love of God, he won’t want to get busy tonight, tomorrow night, or ever. And then there’s the mental preoccupation with who will get what pieces of furniture if the marriage does not last.
People just don’t talk about these things.
Until now.
In Project: Happily Ever After Alisa Bowman bravely tells the story of how she went from wishing her husband dead to renewing her wedding vows. Her four-month project was a last ditch effort to save a marriage that many—her friends, her colleagues and even her own mother—had written off as hopeless. It’s a fearlessly honest account of all of the topics that unhappily married people and the counselors who try to help them are too scared and guilt-ridden to discuss. From dry spells to bikini waxes, romance instruction manuals to second honeymoons, the silent treatment to power struggles, she goes where many marriage improvement experts have feared to tread. Equal parts funny, poignant, and helpful, the book offers other divorce daydreamers courage and hope—as well as a 10-step plan they can follow to start their own marriage projects at home.
In the first marital improvement book written from the perspective of a recovering divorce daydreamer, it tells an inspiring story coupled with straightforward, prescriptive guidance. Readers will laugh, cry, and, for once, feel oh so normal. And then they will save their marriages, too.
About the Author
Alisa Bowman is the marriage expert for every woman. She writes the popular marriage blog ProjectHappilyEverAfter.com. A former senior editor at Runner’s World magazine, she has been a guest on national television and radio programs and featured in USA Today, Redbook, and First magazines, among others. View her media kit here. Get more background on Alisa here. Contact: Alisa AT alisabowman DOT com.
Early Praise
“If you have reached rock bottom in your relationship, read this book. If you want to be inspired, read this book. If you want a good read, read this book. It’s sexy, savvy, and oh so hopeful,” Pat Love, Ed.D., bestselling author of Hot Monogamy and How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It.
“Sometimes realizing you are not alone—along with having a good laugh—helps you relax a bit and see an answer that was there all along. In Project: Happily Ever After, Alisa is just the confidante and comedian you need in the toughest of times,” Ian Kerner, PhD, best selling author of She Comes First and He Comes Next.
“Project: Happily Ever After will get people talking about those aspects of marriage that most couples keep deep in the vault. With honesty and humor, Bowman takes you on a journey of a marriage in recovery, and wraps it all up with the rarest of outcomes–a happy ending,” John Friel, PhD, co-author of 7 Best Things (Happy) Couples Do.
“Alisa Bowman gets to the funny, painful, buoyantly optimistic, scathingly truthful core of what it’s like to be disenchanted with your husband and marriage—and then tells us, in pull-no-punches prose and narrative worthy of a thriller—what to do about it. If you’d rather kick your hubby than kiss him, rather kill him than coo at him, read this book now!” –Kiri Blakeley, writer for Forbes, contributor for ForbesWoman, and author Can’t Think Straight: A Memoir of Mixed-Up Love (Citadel, Dec 2010)
“Much more than a relationship book, Project: Happily Ever After is a true life love story. Join other readers in the sometimes serious, sometimes silly ups, downs and rebuilding of a couple. The really good news here is that Alisa has given us a road map to do the same for our own relationships. It’s never too late to have a happy ending.” — Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., nationally syndicated columnist, radio talk show host, and author Emotional Fitness for Couples and Emotional Fitness for Intimacy.
“I adore this book, and heartily recommend it to anybody whose marriage has gone from a sweet fairy-tale to a disaster drama. Alisa Bowman has a delightfully funny and honest voice, and shows how she was able to turn her own marriage around with the help of a willing partner, a lot of self-help books, and raw determination.” — Betsy Thorpe, coauthor, 365 Nights
“Alisa Bowman’s Project: Happily Ever After takes you from the depths of a marriage on the verge of collapse to a healthy and loving relationship. Alisa provides practical and powerful tips for taking control of your unhealthy relationship and making it happy again,” — Jonathan Alpert, psychotherapist and advice columnist
