Friday May 24, from 5 – 6 pm at Darvill’s Bookstore

Pepper Schwartz will read from and discuss her new book The Normal Bar: The Surprising Secrets of Happy Couples and What They Reveal About Creating a New Normal in Your Relationship . Based on data obtained from nearly 100,000 respondents, here is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to learn the relationship-tested ways couples can achieve satisfaction and contentment in areas such as communication, sex, affection, and financial cooperation.

Much more than a peek behind the relationship curtain, The Normal Bar, co-authored by Christine Northrup and James Witte, offers readers an array of prescriptive tools that will help them establish a “new normal.” Mindful of what keeps couples stuck in ruts, the book’s authors suggest practical and life-changing ways to break cycles of disappointment and frustration. 376-9866

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