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Rewriting the Rules: An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships
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  1. Susan Quilliam
  1. Writer, Broadcaster, Consultant and Trainer, Cambridge, UK; susan@susanquilliam.com

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Meg Barker. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0-41551-763-8. Price: £17.99. Pages: 208 (paperback)

Many Journal readers will recall, back in the mists of time, a self-help bestseller that advised women who wanted a partner to follow a certain set of ‘rules’. I simplify, but it seemed to boil down to mistrusting men's motives, playing hard to get, then setting up a truly nasty relationship dynamic.

Sadly, this toxic book is still selling. Happily, there is an antidote to its toxicity, and to …

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