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Maurice England's slight Southern accent is pleasing to the ear as he delivers Chapman's discussion of how to negotiate change in your spouse, using a Christian perspective. The book is divided into three sections, and Matthew 7:8, about the speck in your brother's eye versus the plank in your own, serves as the foundation. With an empathetic tone, England explains Chapman's three-step process for overcoming bad habits: personal examination, admitting the problem, and asking your spouse for forgiveness for past failures. Chapman emphasizes the importance of timing and of learning to speak your spouse's "love language" to encourage negotiation and change without arguments, blame, or manipulation. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine