{"product_id":"the-smart-stepfamily-marriage-keys-to-success-in-the-blended-family-9780764213090","title":"The Smart Stepfamily Marriage: Keys to Success in the Blended Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eMake This Marriage Last a Lifetime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLeading blended family authority Ron Deal and marriage and family expert David Olson show you how to build on your relationship strengths and improve your weaknesses. Whether you're dating, engaged, a young stepfamily, or an empty-nest couple, \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Stepfamily Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e gives you the tools you need at any stage to create a remarriage that will last.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter of this book explores one of the key qualities of happy remarriages as identified by research. Like a GPS for your relationship, this book has built-in discussion questions that can help you and your partner discover where you are, where you'd like to be, and how to get there. 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It includes the tools needed to create and maintain a wonderful remarriage.\"--from the foreword by Evelyn Husband Thompson, widow of Space Shuttle \u003ci\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e Commander Rick Husband, now remarried to Bill Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Smart Stepfamily Marriage \u003c\/i\u003eis the most up-to-date, relevant, complete guide for remarried couples--I know of no other resource like it.\"--Francesca Adler-Baeder, PhD, professor and director, Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Auburn University; director, National Stepfamily Resource Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book will help you thrive in your marriage and beat the odds of divorce. The preventative information is the best I have ever seen, and the practical application covers it all. 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Blended family couples can beat the odds--this book will tell you how.\"--Dr. Dennis Rainey, president of FamilyLife, author of \u003ci\u003eStepping Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon L. Deal \u003c\/b\u003eis founder of Smart Stepfamilies(TM), Director of FamilyLife Blended(TM), the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Stepfamily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Stepdad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDating and the Single Parent\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Stepmom\u003c\/i\u003e. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist who frequently appears in the national media, including \u003ci\u003eFamilyLife Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFocus on the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe 700 Club\u003c\/i\u003e. Ron and his wife, Nan, and their sons live in\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eLittle Rock, Arkansas. 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