Love for the Living: Meditations on the Meaning of Marriage and Life

by Dan Saferstein

This moving memoir by licensed clinical psychologist Dan Saferstein begins with the death of his sister, a watershed event in which he finds the seeds of life change, and, ironically, the beginning of a deepened appreciation of his marriage. With great insight and humour, Saferstein tells us what he has learned in life: about love, sex, and companionship, and about money, careers, and family. His talent for finding just the right catch phrase renders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078686530X
• ISBN13: 9780786865307
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Not just a self help book.

This book is thoughtful, gentle, deeply reflective and wonderfully written. It brings a literate touch to the self-help genre.Saferstein walks you through some important events in his life in order to derive general lessons that will be helpful for anyone who has suffered a loss, or is going through a change of life, or working their way through a relationship. It is his first book and is a very worthy effort. I look forward to reading more from this promising new writer who moves the self-help genre to a higher plane. Highly recommended.

Love Lor The Living by Dan Saferstein Phd

I was touched by the sensitivity, wisdom and honesty of the writer. While written in an easy readable style, it's a book that goes to the core of human needs and feelings:love,pain, understanding,belonging and other. I appreciated Dr. Saferstein's approach to relationships often from the woman's point of view.At times it seemed that it was a woman's voice speaking to me. Reading about the writer's personal life, I found many subtle lessons to apply to my own life. I found it uplifting that grief at the death of his younger sister resulted in a new reawakaning to all the things that were dear to him. It made me reflect on my relationships and what was important to me in life.

Love for the Living - You Must Read It!

I love this book. It is such a far cry from most self-help books that only offer sterile solutions and formulas. The author of Love for the Living shares his most personal experiences and lessons in a very conversational way.I found myself identifying with this book as a new wife and parent, as someone's child and as someone's sibling. This book is deeply moving, hysterical, straightforward, honest & nostalgic. You must read it!