Overview
In her newest book, the best-selling author of The Erotic Silence of the American Wife examines a rising trend in today's relationships--the coupling of high-achieving women with weaker men she terms ""drama kings,"" who are drawn to the women's strength but ultimately attempt to sabotage it. These men create chaos in relationships, driving women crazy in the process. Weaving examples from history, literature, and popular culture with clinical research she has conducted over several decades, Heyn details the telling traits of drama kings--and arms women with strategies to extricate themselves from these toxic relationships.
Full Product Details
Author: Dalma Heyn
Publisher: Rodale Press
Imprint: Rodale Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.299kg
ISBN: 9781594865305
ISBN 10: 1594865302
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 17 October 2006
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Strong women, beware. You are more susceptible than most to the advances of the so-called drama kings --men for whom relationships always devolve into melodrama and rob the strength of the women involved. Heyn presents a compelling portrait of the five types of drama kings--toxic personalities and all. <br>--The San Francisco Chronicle Ms. Heyn has a keen nose for social change. She has detected a plague of drama kings and records their pernicious attributes so that wary women can spot them in time and bar the door. --The New York Times Heyn probes a new trend: women who value independence and personal fulfillment above domesticity and wifely duty. Heyn describes take-charge women's changing expectations of what a relationship should be. --Psychology Today
Strong women, beware. You are more susceptible than most to the advances of the so-called drama kings --men for whom relationships always devolve into melodrama and rob the strength of the women involved. Heyn presents a compelling portrait of the five types of drama kings--toxic personalities and all. --<i>The San Francisco Chronicle</i></p> Ms. Heyn has a keen nose for social change. She has detected a plague of drama kings and records their pernicious attributes so that wary women can spot them in time and bar the door. --<i>The New York Times</i></p> Heyn probes a new trend: women who value independence and personal fulfillment above domesticity and wifely duty. Heyn describes take-charge women's changing expectations of what a relationship should be. --<i>Psychology Today</i></p>
Author Information
DALMA HEYN was a staff writer and articles editor at Redbook, editor-in-chief at Health magazine, and executive editor of McCall's before turning to writing full-time. Her bestsellers The Erotic Silence of the American Wife and Marriage Shock have sold in 20 countries, have been excerpted in magazines all over the world, and were hailed by critics as ""thought-provoking,"" ""provocative,"" ""important and revolutionary."" She lives in Westport, Connecticut.
