The inspiration of the book The Hard Hitting Questions came from
the author Susan Piver's reservations in regards to faith in love,
marriage and her inner self.
Susan writes of her relationship realizations in relation to
love, commitment and marriage.
When her partner Duncan asked her to marry her, Susan's first
reaction was to immediately break up with him, but instead they
both agreed on a month separation.
After a month of exploring her thoughts and realizations Susan
and Duncan met together for a weekend, Duncan listened with
openness and in response gave Susan a heart shaped box which had
inside a rock and a feather. The rock was to signify Duncan and the
feather to signify Susan. Duncan explained that Susan was to fly,
let me be constant and steady. Let's hold it all in one heart. Let
us balance each other. Susan was shocked by his willingness to be
in a relationship with her and Susan's assumption that once you
married that you ceased living on a certain level had now changed.
Susan had come to realize that perhaps it was possible to marry and
for the marriage to last a lifetime.
In this book are the questions that helped Susan come to the
decision, to say yes to the proposal of marriage. The Hard Hitting
Questions is a book that covers 100 provoking questions for the
engaged, newly married or those in a long term relationships. It
has been designed to help you and your partner to learn something
new about your relationship and each other, it may also help you as
a couple to have a shared view of life, a deeper knowledge of
yourself and your beloved.
If you are looking for insightful relationship guidance, then
this book is for you. The Hard Hitting Questions covers nine
sections including questions related to home, money, work, sex,
health & food, family, children, community & friends and
spiritual life.
The main section of this book includes important questions
in:
Home - How long will we live in our current or first home?
Money - What kind of purchases must be jointly decided on?
Work - How ambitious am I? How ambitious are you? Are we
comfortable with each others levels of ambition?
Family - If we have children, what kind of relationship do we
hope our parents will have with there grandchildren? How much time
will they spend together?
The book The Hard Hitting Questions is overall an excellent
variety of questions important in any loving relationship. It
really made me look and access my own long term relationship, all
for the better might I add. This book is a good guide to
relationships and improving communication in your
relationships.
Book: The Hard
Hitting Questions
Author: Susan Piver
Publisher: Penguin books
Book Reviewed By: Nicki Gault