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Yes, there _is_ something we can do to witness to the power of love and peace. We can make a beginning. Marriage enrichment is such a beginning.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote A: Mace, David R., _Marriage As Vocation_, F.G.C. 1969.]
[Footnote B: Reprinted in slightly revised form from Friends Journal, December 15, 1972.]
[Footnote C: Lederer and Jackson--_The Mirages of Marriage_, Norton, 1968, page 129.]
[Footnote D: Cicero and Fahs--_Conversations on s.e.x and Love in Marriage_, Word Books, 1972.]
[Footnote E: We have capitulated at times and have prepared a brief book list. A larger list appears in the appendix.]
BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING
There is as yet little in the way of literature about marriage enrichment. Here are a few books which have been found useful by leaders of retreats.
Bach, G. R. and Wyden, P., _The Intimate Enemy_. Morrow, 1969, (available in paperback). A belligerent but challenging book about marital conflict.
Clinebell, H. J. and C. H., _The Intimate Marriage_. Harper and Row, 1970. Perhaps the best book available on marriage enrichment.
Hastings, D. W., _A Doctor Speaks on s.e.xual Expression in Marriage_.
Little, Brown, 1966. A reliable guide written by a psychiatrist and marriage counselor.
Lederer, W. J. and Jackson, Don D., _The Mirages of Marriage_.
Norton, 1968. A challenging and unusual book on contemporary marriage.
Mace, D. R., _Success in Marriage_. Abingdon, 1958. An easily read paperback on the areas of marital adjustment.
Mace, D. R., _Getting Ready for Marriage_. Abingdon, 1972. A practical guide for the couple preparing for marriage.
Mace, D. R., _s.e.xual Difficulties in Marriage_. Fortress Press, 1972.
A short and simple explanation of s.e.xual inadequacy and the new approaches to its treatment.
McGinnes, T., _Your First Year of Marriage_. A very helpful guide for the recently married couple.
O'Neill, G. and N., _The Open Marriage_. A best-seller on some of today's new concepts of marriage.
Otto, H., _More Joy in Your Marriage_. Cornerstone Library 1969.
A book full of practical ideas for increasing marital potential.
Peterson, J. A., _Married Love in the Middle Years_. a.s.sociation Press, 1968. An excellent book on a neglected subject.
Rubin, T. I., _The Angry Book_, Macmillan, 1969.
Samuel, Dorothy, _The Fun and Games of Marriage_. Word Books, 1973. Thoughts on marriage as a depth relations.h.i.+p, written by one of our Quaker trainees.
Smith, G. W. and A. I., _Me and You and Us_. Wyden, 1971. A book of exercises (47 in all) for couples seeking marriage enrichment. Written by a couple who partic.i.p.ated in one of our earliest retreats at Kirkridge, then went into the field as full-time family therapists.
West, Jessamyn, _Love is Not What You Think_. Harcourt, Brace, 1959. Written by a distinguished Quaker novelist.
