The years of midlife can be a struggle Children grow up jobs change & the things that used to make us happy don't necessarily work anymore Long-term relationships in particular can lose their shine In The Rough Patch Daphne de Marneffe shows us a way through these potentially difficult years to a life lived with integrity vitality & love She offers us seasoned wisdom on the psychological emotional & relational capacities we need in order to overcome our problems as individuals & as couples Every reader will find himself or herself in these pages Blending research interviews & clinical experience de Marneffe covers the key problems that challenge us in midlife with wit & warmth The rough patch for all its pain & bewilderment presents an opportunity
- to know ourselves to expand our scope to grow & to grow up'