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A Passion for More by Susan Shapiro Barash

This interview with Susan Shapiro Barash about her book, A PASSION FOR MORE, turned out to be very timely. Right now in the news there is a great deal of coverage about a royal affair–so the subject is on most people’s minds. But you don’t have to be royal to have an affair. In fact, according to the thirty years of research that Susan Barash has done, it is a lot more common than many people think. In fact, her numbers are rather shocking!

The book is sub-titled: Affairs that Make or Break Us. Her in depth research and the stories that she gathered over the years are quite astounding. There is a great deal in the book that will shock you and certainly make you think about the nature of wedded bliss. Or to often, lack of marital bliss. Get the book to see what percentage of people cheat….and why. 

You will enjoy this interview as we discuss what she has discovered about interpersonal relationships and about her other books. It turns out she is also a novelist and writes a series that are set in Palm Beach. She writes under the name of Susannah Marren.  They are really great–she uses her years of research into human emotions to write compelling stories about love and marriage.

A Passion for More an intimate and trailblazing look at the reasons women in monogamous relationships and marriages take a lover. In this breakthrough book, women confide how they balance the emotional and physical aspects of their trysts.

Follow Susan Shapiro Barash’s fascinating and provocative investigation into the reasons why and how a diverse group of women in their twenties to their eighties conduct affairs outside their marriages and committed relationships.

Through personal accounts of over seventy women, we get a wide-angle picture of how women choose a lover as a form of self-exploration and agency.

Check out Susan’s website to see a list of her books and to  check the schedule for her upcoming podcast on iHeart. It will be on Valentine’s Day, February 14th.

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