Weaver - Happy wives club: one womans worldwide search for the secrets of a great marriage

PRAISE FOR FAWN WEAVER AND HAPPY WIVES CLUB

Once I started this book I found myself not wanting to stop. Fawn Weaver has found a way to highlight so many positives in relationships when so much around us is chaotic. It brought a smile to my face and warmth in my heart as she replayed the stories of these women and their relationships with their husbands. Happy Wives Club reassures us that marriages do and can work if there is love, faith, trust, and respect for one another.

Misty May-Treanor, 3x Olympic Gold Medalist

With this one little book, and a growing band of women across the world, she has started a movement of happiness that has begun to sweep hearts and homes everywhere. From Africa to North America (and many places in between), every single chapter chronicles an adventure through a land and a womans life that will reveal the secrets of being happy after you say I do.

Priscilla Shirer, New York Times best-selling author, The Resolution For Women

Poking through the mud of a media culture rife with exploitative images of desperate housewives, Fawn Weavers Happy Wives Club is a wildflower spreading hope for the institution of marriage, not as a religious or political institution, but as the opportunity for two souls to evolve together as they tap into the Divine spark that lies within us all. While full of stories and tips from happy wives around the globe whose marriages have endured the test of time, this book is, first and foremost, a love story.

Lissa Rankin, MD, New York Times best-selling author, Mind Over Medicine

It was Fawn Weavers journey, but her writing makes us feel as though we were with her through every city, country, and region. The beauty of this book lies in its simplicity, humility, and a style of storytelling that makes you sad the book is coming to an end. If there were ever a case made for happily ever after, its the Happy Wives Club.

Kristine Carlson, New York Times best-selling author, Dont Sweat the Small Stuff in Love

This book beautifully illustrates that the term happy wife doesnt have to be an oxymoron. Through real-life examples and stories of couples from around the world, youll be inspired that a wonderful marriage is truly possible. In an age of struggling marriages, Happy Wives Club couldnt be more timely!

Crystal Paine, founder, MoneySavingMom.com, and author, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode

Fawn Weaver had me at marriage advocate. Lets face it, there are a lot of things that feel unnatural about being married, so I am grateful for the tips and open conversation. In the end, if Happy Wives Club inspires you to find your own answers, it was worth the read.

Gabrielle Reece, supermodel, fitness expert, and New York Times best-selling author

Get ready for a global adventureliterallywhere you will visit modern-day marvels of marriage done right. Fawn Weaver, your personal travel guide, is a master storyteller and pathfinder. And Fawn holds your ticket to the adventure of a lifetime in this exciting book. So what are you waiting for? Cmon, get happy and join the Happy Wives Club. Youre going to love it!

Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, #1 New York Times best-selling authors, Making Happy

In a world where most are convinced no good marriages exist, Fawn Weaver takes us around the world to prove otherwise. Sharing simple and poetic truths that will inspire you to not just love much, but love well, she brings to light that true love is purposeful without feeling like work! Refreshing, beautiful, and thought-provoking, she leaves you with no excuse not to be a Happy Wife.

Michelle McKinney Hammond, best-selling author, Secrets of an Irresistible Woman

Happy Wives Club is a transparent look into the lives of happy wives globally! Fawn leaves no stone unturned as she researches happy couples and shares their secrets. In a world of heartache in marriage, her whimsical journey and findings will inspire women everywhere to join the club!

Courtney Joseph, author, Women Living Well, and founder, WomenLivingWell.org

This book is a must read for every couple seeking a marriage licenseas well as those who are well into their journey. It clearly restores faith in the greatest institution on earth.

Deborah Smith Pegues, best-selling author, Thirty Days to Taming Your Tongue

Theres a modern mind-set out there that wants us to believe marriages are unhappy, and that couples are desperate to get out of their relationships. Happy Wives Club puts those rumors to rest.

Darlene Schacht, New York Times best-selling author and blogger at Time-Warp Wife

Happy Wives Club is a breath of fresh air. The way in which Fawn depicts her journey in quest of the key to having a happy marriage is a unique approach, both inspiring and challenging.

Jennifer Smith, founder, Unveiledwife.com and author Wife After God

With a masterful use of words, Fawn Weaver tells real-life stories that capture the principles that bring happiness in marriage. The brilliance of this book is in its simplicity. Happy Wives Club reveals that all people, in any culture, have the same needto love and to be loved.

Devi Titus, author, When Leaders Live Together, and speaker

2014 by Fawn E. Weaver

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Weaver, Fawn, 1976

Happy wives club : one woman's worldwide search for the secrets of a great marriage / Fawn Weaver.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-4002-0504-2

ISBN 978-1-4002-0505-9 (eBook)

1. MarriageReligious aspectsChristianity. I. Title.

BV835.W385 2014

248.8'435dc23

2013024255

Printed in the United States of America

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For Keith

You are my love, my life, and my rock. Thank you for your support, encouragement, and continuous disregard of my numerous idiosyncrasies. When God created me for you and you for me, He most certainly outdid Himself. I love you with every fiber of my being. Thank you, my love, for this dance.