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    <body><![CDATA[The author does a remarkable job at articulating what you may have observed about lasting relationships. She offers practical suggestions for couples of all walks of life about how to prolong the romance.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perel makes some interesting observations toward the end of the book, but spends a bit too much time relating anecdotes for the first 100 pages or so.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this to help with my work as a couple's therapist.  I think that anyone who reads this book would enhance their intimacy with their partner.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book for anyone planning on staying married a long time.  Recommend to all my marital therapy clients.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent analysis of keeping the allure in marriage in spite of diapers and drudgery. ]]></body>
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