Monogamy Myth - 3rd Edition by Peggy Vaughan (Paperback)

About the Book

Expanded and updated--acclaimed by readers, reviewers, and counselors as the best book to help people struggling to recover from a partner's affair.
For more than 14 years, Peggy Vaughan's book has been heralded as one of the most valuable survival and recovery guides for men or women experiencing a partner's unfaithfulness. Drawing on actual case studies, research, and her own experience, she helps us to understand the stages of suspicion, confrontation, and the healing process necessary to recovery, including rebuilding self-esteem, the marriage/divorce dilemma, and seeking professional help. Also, she shares her proven six-step program for establishing communication between partners that can actually prevent affairs.
Peggy Vaughan revises and expands her book to include more reactions and strategies shared by her readers, updated references (such as to the Monica Lewinsky affair), and an important section on the Internet and its effect on relationships.

Book Synopsis

One of the most valuable survival guides for men or women recovering from a partner's affair.

Featured on Oprah, 48 Hours, CNN, Fox News, and in USA Today

In this landmark book, Peggy Vaughan helps us to understand the stages of suspicion, confrontation, and the healing process necessary to recover, including rebuilding self-esteem, the marriage/divorce dilemma, and seeking professional help. Packed with practical, time-tested advice and successful strategies, this authoritative guide reveals:

• You are not alone--estimates are that at least 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women will have an extramarital affair.
• People from all walks of life have affairs--devoted parents, religious individuals, regardless of income or social class.
• Our society contributes to the prevalence of affairs.
• An affair does not mean the end of a marriage.
• Recovery is fueled by honest, open discussion of the affair.

Substantiated by case studies, ongoing research, and the author's own experience, this updated third edition includes information on the role of the Internet in relationships, shares the words of others who are recovering from affairs, and describes the six-step program for establishing communication between partners that can actually prevent affairs.

Review Quotes

"A beautiful, personal, gentle, practical book." --Diana Sollee, Director, Coalition for Marriage, Family, and Couples Education

"An outstanding and wonderfully helpful book." --Harriet Lerner, "The Dance of Anger"

"This book saved my marriage, and probably my sanity--and maybe my very life." --A letter from a grateful reader

"Thorough and measured...An intelligent look at the experience of adultery, the healing process, and final outcomes." --"Booklist"

About the Author

Peggy Vaughan has built a reputation as the authority on recovering from affairs, drawn from her own firsthand experience in dealing with her husband's affairs three decades ago, her psychological consulting business, and DearPeggy.com. She lives in La Jolla, California.