Strangling Your Husband Is Not an Option: A Practical Guide to Dramatically Improving Your Marriage

Things can get pretty crazy in marital relationships. As one reviewer has said, “What wife hasn’t felt like strangling her husband at least once during their marriage?” With her lighthearted personality and humor, author Merrilee Boyack shares twenty-five years’ worth of marital perspective in this practical guide to improve any marriage. As an estate-planning attorney, Merrilee has dealt with many struggling couples going through divorce. (Seven-year marriages seem to have the greatest challenges.) She offers practical tips for women who want to better understand men (particularly their husbands) and build happier marriages. She invites women to dump the guilt, be open enough to learn about areas they’d like to improve, and then take the steps to make those changes. Readers will also find a wealth of fun and practical advice in chapters like “The Five ‘Don’ts’ and Five ‘Do’s’ of Wifehood,” “But How Do I Change My Husband?” and “No, Really, How Can I Change Him?”

Merrilee Browne Boyack has been speaking at Brigham Young University's Education Week to standing-room-only audiences for nine years. She is the author of The Parenting Breakthrough—the most highly praised parenting book Deseret Book has published (see reviews on DeseretBook.com). Merrilee has been married for 25 years and is the mother of four boys. She currently works from home as an estate planning attorney. Merrilee and her husband, Steve, live in Poway, California.