The Dance of Deception

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lerner, Harriet Goldhor

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins

The Dan of Deception - Pretending and Truth Telling in Women's Lives

Based on the author's clinical experience and workshops she has introduced, this guide helps women understand the causes and patterns of their anger while providing specific alternatives for forging more powerful relationships

The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

Mental Health

An exploration of the role of pretending and truth-telling in women's lives discusses the difference between privacy and secrecy, how women are encouraged to pretend, and how pretending prevents a deeper intimacy. 150,000 first printing. $125,000 ad/promo. Tour.

The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

From sexual faking to family secrets, Dr. Harriet Lerner reveals how the struggle toward truth-telling is at the center of our deepest longings for intimacy, authenticity, and self-regard. Drawing on more than two decades of clinical experience, Dr. Lerner articulates her rich philosophy and thoughtful guidelines about speaking out and holding back. With the passion, humor, and clarity that have become her trademark, Lerner unravels the lies, secrets, and silence -- our own and others' -- that affect our lives and teaches us how to widen the path to truth-telling for everyone.

Self-Help

Relationships

HarperCollins, Publishers

When  The Dance of Deception  was published, Lerner discovered that women were not eager to identify with the subject. "Well, I don't do deception" was a common resonse. We all "do deception", often with the intention to protect ourselves and the relationships we depend on.  The Dance of Deception  unravels the ways (and whys) that women show the false and hide the real -- even to our own selves. We see how relationships are affected by lying and faking, by silence and pretending and by brave -- but misguided -- efforts to tell the truth. Truth-telling is at the heart of what is most central in women's lives. It is at the foundation of authenticity and creativity, intimacy and joy. Yet in the name of "honesty", we can bludgeon each other. We can approach a difficult issue with such a poor sense of timing and tact that we can actually shut down the lines of communication rather than widening the path of truth-telling. Sometimes Lerner's advice takes a surprising turn -- for example, when she asks us to engage in a bold act of pretending in order to discover something "more real"; or when she tells us not to parachute down on our family to bring up a "hot issue" without laying the necessary groundwork first. Whether the subject is affairs, family secrets, sexual faking or the challenge of "being oneself", Lerner helps us to discover, speak and live our own truths.

Covering such issues as work and creativity, anger and intimacy, friendship and marriage, loss and betrayal, and sexuality and health, an inspirational guide offers readers the tools they need to solve problems and create joy, meaning, and integrity in their lives. $125,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Life Preservers: Staying Afloat in Love and Life

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair!

Franny B. Kranny's long, frizzy hair is big trouble. It ties itself in knots on the buttons of her dress and gets stuck in the refrigerator door! But Franny B. Kranny loves her hair. She refuses to cut it and is furious when she has to get a fancy new hairdo for a family reunion. Then a bird decides to make Franny B. Kranny's hair its home, and suddenly Franny B. Kranny starts to like her new hairdo....Best-selling author and psychologist Harriet Lerner and her big sister, biologist Susan Goldhor, co-authored the children's book What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed?. They team up again here with this hilarious and heartfelt story about daring to be different. World-renowned British illustrator Helen Oxenbury brings Franny B. Kranny, her wild hair, and her unique family delightfully to life.Children's Choice Award winner for 2002.

Children's Books

Goldhor, Susan

Humor

A Spanish language edition of a phenomenal bestseller offers a clear and insightful guide to intimate relationships for women, showing how to turn the negative energy of anger into a positive tool for evaluating life. Original.

La danza de la ira: Una guia a la afirmacion personal (Spanish Edition)

HarperLibros

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The Dance of Deception

The Dan of Deception - Pretending and Truth Telling in Women's Lives

The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

Life Preservers: Staying Afloat in Love and Life

Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair!

Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

La danza de la ira: Una guia a la afirmacion personal (Spanish Edition)