This book was copyrighted in 1973, officially making it older than me. For some reason, I bought this book during my graduate studies, though it was not assigned. First, the co-author Geraldine M. Spark. I have not been able to find out what has happened to her in the years since the book has been published. I hope, at the time of this writing, she is still among us. If she is, she does not have a soical media presense that I can find. So, what happened to Geraldine? Inquiring minds want to know. The theroires contained in this book were taught in my graduate studies program. The cover shows a web and posits that everyone has loyalties that are old, invisible, and probably were set in motion before one was born. It is a way to view relationships and why people are acting the way they do. This book is written in an academic style that is hard to read, hard to digest, and has some gems about human behavior along the way. This is for someone who has read "I and Thou" by Martain Buber, as well as has some familiarity the Marriage and Family Therapy professions. If one has no interest in those topics, then this one should be skipped.