Thanks for the review!

On her excellent intercultural marriage site, Gori Girl has posted a review of Your Intercultural Marriage: A Guide to a Healthy, Happy Relationship. I appreciate her positive, balanced review, especially considering the fact that she does not espouse Christian beliefs. Here are some highlights: 

"I think that Your Intercultural Marriage is a good book – for the niche that the author, Marla Alupoaicei, is trying to serve: Christian intercultural couples. I did enjoy the book, and I found useful material in here that I believe could appeal to anyone. I’d highly recommend the book to any Christian intercultural couple whose faith is a large part of their lives.

 
The book is broken down into twelve chapters: the first half focuses on general topics of interest to any (Christian) intercultural couple, with topics such as “Surviving (and Enjoying) Your Engagement, Wedding, and Honeymoon” and “Building Strong Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Skills.” The second half of the book discusses more specific concerns that intercultural couples often have: time-orientation, food, finances, children, and so forth.  Each chapter starts and ends with a quote, and is followed by a suggested list of movies to watch…
Alupoaicei’s breezy, friendly style of writing – with lots of pointers towards other resources and questions to consider on your own – gives her book a feeling similar to a well-edited blog... you are going to find plenty of ideas that could lead to an ah-ha moment or a great discussion with your significant other.
Chapters such as “Coming to Terms with Faith and Values” do pull together theoretical research, the author’s personal experience, list of questions, and the like to create a strong – albeit very Christian-oriented – chapter that will guide an intercultural couple through potential issues. I also appreciated the detailed chapter on intercultural marriage in the Bible, which I suspect could be particularly helpful if you have conservative (or bigoted) family members who believe that intercultural or interracial marriage are prohibited by God and/or the Bible.
Bottom line: If you are in the demographic Your Intercultural Marriage targets, I suspect that you’ll find this book pretty valuable. If you aren’t, the constant discussion of the Bible & Christianity could grate, but if you can look past it, then you’ll find some good information and fun stories of other intercultural couples. I came away satisfied with the amount I got for the time I gave the book."
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To read the full review, please see the blog Gori Girl: Intercultural Relationship Stories and Advice at gorigirl.com/book-review-and-giveaway-your-intercultural-marriage#more-853. Thanks, Gori Girl!