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| 365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy | 
 enlarge | Authors: Charla Muller, Betsy Thorpe
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 5626
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0425222578
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.81092
EAN: 9780425222577
ASIN: 0425222578
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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Condition: CHARITY SALE!! New book -- no shelf wear. 100% of the proceeds benefit the literacy efforts of Books For America.
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Product Description
When Charla Mullers husband turned 40, she gave him something memorable. Sex. Every day. For an entire year.
The Mullers had a solid marriage and two wonderful children, but over the years sex had fallen low on their to-do list. The lack of intimacy wasnt causing them to drift apart, exactly, but their connection didnt seem as great as it could be. Charla decided she couldnt go on pretending the relationship they once had wasnt important.
The couple would embark on a year of scheduled sex, falling over Tonka trucks and piles of laundry in an effort to make time for each other. There were obstacles along the way (work implosions, faking it) and questions came to light. Will sex every day strengthen a marriage, or reveal the cracks? Pull a couple together or drive them apart? Does good sex (even mediocre sex) make up for things that arent so good?
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 Couples everywhere need to thank Charla Muller for this gift of a book! June 25, 2008
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
If you haven't heard about this book yet, hold on to your hat. This hilarious, honest, moving account of one woman's "Gift" to her husband of sex everyday for a year is an incredible story. Charla has a wonderful writing style that makes you feel like you are sitting across a table from her with a glass of wine in your hand, sharing all your innermost thoughts with your best friend. Her voice perfectly captures what it is like for many women that have been married for a number of years, with a couple of kids, working inside or outside the home, with a husband around here somewhere and sex not anywhere on that endless to-do list. The topic of sex in a marriage (or lack thereof!) is still somewhat taboo, with a lot of people thinking about it, but no one really willing to talk about it. Thankfully Charla Muller had the courage and the pluck to not only come up with the idea of sex everyday, but to write a witty, enjoyable book about it! (Note: the book is completely G-rated, with a focus on the relationship, not the act itself.) Her honesty and humor provides a great forum for husbands and wives everywhere to talk about "the elephant in the bedroom" and in the process reconnect with one another. Thank you Charla for giving the Gift to Brad and for giving everyone else the gift of your book! Can't wait to read your next one.....
How much fun was that! June 25, 2008
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
After reading this book, it's all my girlfriends and I can talk about. Ms. Muller brings such an enticing, interesting but often taboo subject to light and gives us a chance to all talk about it using she and Mr. Muller as shining examples. While I haven't found many girlfriends willing to give the 365 day gift--I've found a couple willing to think about 40. Thanks to Ms. Muller for bringing her wit, honesty and class to these pages. Even a cynical New Yorker enjoyed her book. I cannot wait to read the next one.
Funny & Inspirational June 24, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this funny and inspirational book. It has inspired me in many ways including getting the bedroom back into my marriage. I loved her wit and humor. I could definitely relate to many of her feelings on intimacy and family and if she can do this then I can certainly make some positive changes too! I can't wait for my husband to read this book to help him understand where I've been coming from all these years. It's a must read for both wives and husbands.
 Couldn't Finish It... Just Not That Interesting! July 5, 2008
12 out of 24 found this review helpful
I applaud the author's commitment and I really wanted to like this book, especially after reading many glowing reviews on this website. However, what I found was a boring tale of someone's life and even the sex sounded very mundane. The author's writing, while mildly amusing with her self-depricating humor, isn't a strong suit. Her writing is not punchy and the passages are overly long and very tedious.
I diligently read through the first half of the book and then found I just wasn't even interested enough to finish it. I skimmed to the end, hoping it got better, but it was just more of the same.
If you want to read a funny and touching book on reconnecting with your spouse in the bedroom, try Just Do It by Douglas Brown. I would highly recommend that option over 365 Nights.
Dull. Misleading. Poorly written. July 14, 2008
11 out of 22 found this review helpful
First, this book was very poorly written or should I say, co-written. And, by the way, who co-writes a memoir about sex with her husband?
Second, this book never really reveals much about sex with her husband or what their intimate life really looked like. It's more a laundry list of how she hates being really fat, is from the South and Republican, goes to Bible Study and has trouble juggling life as a wife and mother. Yawn: been there, read that.
Third, I don't understand why the co-writers called it 365 nights when, in fact, the couple didn't "do it" (although they never really define what constitutes sex) for 365 nights. It should've been called 288 nights, but that might not have sold as many books. So, I felt sorta ripped off, like it was all a big PR campaign (she's in PR, so i guess it's no surprise) to lure unsuspecting readers/sell books by the title alone.
Fourth, the entire premise of the book really belittles women. She gives "sex" to her husband as a gift. Seriously, what planet does she live on where women need to "gift" their husband sex? Why wasn't this a joint effort? It undermines the entire book from the very beginning.
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