Open

Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage

By: Jenny Block

Narrated by: Lauren Weedman

Finally, a book about open marriage that grapples with the problems surrounding monogamy and fidelity in an honest, heartfelt, and non-fringe manner. Jenny Block is your average girl next door, a suburban wife and mother for whom married life never felt quite right. While many books on this topic presuppose that the listener is ready to embrace an "alternative lifestyle", Block operates from the assumption that most couples who are curious about or engaged in open marriages are in fact more like her - normal people who question whether monogamy is right for them; good people who love their spouses but want variation; capable parents who are not deviant just because they choose to be honest about their desires. Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman's journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves open marriage is a viable option for her and others.

©2008 Jenny Block (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Very interesting concept for a relationship.

Overall very good audible product. Personally, but would have like a voice rate a bit slower, maybe 90% because 100% felt like it was rushing through and 75% was to slow to listen to.

Very well said

this was my 3rd book on the subject and my favorite by far. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking at opening their marriage or curious about the subject. this particular book resonated with my particular situation. I hope this book helps others the way it has opened my eyes to other alternatives to divorce or just understanding other lifestyle choices. the way it was narrated I thought the book was read by the author.

very interesting!

I found this book to be very insightful and interesting. allot of the desires I have are communicated perfectly in this book.
5 stars!

eye opening!

I really enjoyed this book! I'm not in an open marriage nor do I see myself in one later down the road but the value this book has brought to my relationships is unfathomable.

Beautifully Authentic.

Thank you for verballizing all the human thoughts and actions thst occurall the timeand framing them in a perspective that doesn't assign good or bad.

"Open" inspires a new look at marriage

I know my wife loves me. I also know that our needs differ. This book offers a model of how Open Marriage can be enriching. It's inspiring in its normality. There are a few glitches with the recording -- the editor missed a few times where the narrator repeated a sentence. And there were some small issues in the reading that a good director would have improved. But those are just quibbles. Thank you for this wonderful book.

Love it...Jen story mirrors mine

Jen story mirrors mine..except that I'm still going through the path myself. It is refreshing to hear how she was able to get through the rough edges. This book serves right those couples that find themselves in the middle of an epiphany about sex and relationship and all the sudden can't figure out what to do next. It will relate on some points to your situation . The performance was very enjoyable.

Extremely enlightening.

Eye opening. my husband and I have been looking for help in the bedroom and came upon this book after several others. It really makes you think about your sexuality and your partners.

one of many choices

I Like how the author presents the topic as one of many choices. I have to appreciate the level of intimacy shared and the honesty in which it is shared. the views shared are not only applicable to polyamorous type relationships, but any type of relationship in which people want to live authentically. I will listen to this book many times

Great

This is one of if not the best books on the topic.
It avoids the preachy tone many of the other books about open relationships have.