Started reading a published copy of this book. It was great and full of insights about branding. Readers of this book will benefit from its contents.

Earlier in the year I came across the new book Couples that Work by Jennifer Petriglieri. Being a working woman, the title caught my attention and I had high hopes for the book. Due to a variety of issues, I finally just managed to get a copy to read. And I my hopes were dashed. While well-researched and containing many interviews with working couples, Petriglieri takes a very transactional approach to the topic rather than a how-to approach. She has identified three transformations that working couples often experience and describes the various responses that might occur. For readers who are interested in research-based what-ifs, they will find the book helpful. If you are wanting a step=by-step manual of how to have a better dual-career marriage, you need to keep looking.

Couples That Work
By Jennifer Petriglieri

Professor Jennifer Petriglieri conducted a five year study on couples from all over the world and this book is based on how couples who both have careers don't have to neglect them in order to have thriving relationships. You can have both at the same time and neither one has to suffer because you are focused on both. She took couples from ranging to just getting into the work force to those still going strong in their sixties.

Professor Petriglieri took a good cross section of couples who both wanted successful careers and thriving personal relationships. From the United States to Europe and from the Middle East to Asia these dual working couples were both from heterosexual to same sex couples. She provides exercises with questions and basically narrows it down to three developmental tasks. With this interesting narrative she has proven that you don't need to let your love lives suffer nor your successful careers. You can flourish and thrive at both at the same time.

Thank you to Net Galley, Jennifer Petriglieri and the publisher for providing me with my ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.

Jennifer Petriglieri’s “Couples That Work” is a timely book for two-career couples in the hustle and bustle of our modern era. This book obviously fills in the gaps of a neglected niche. Through her down-to-earth writing, wise insights, and practical exercises, this book is a must read for contemporary couple therapists. Most importantly, it is an absolute necessity for couples who are trying to navigate the complex maze of both succeeding in their career and experiencing the power of a loving and secure relationship.