
And They Were Not Ashamed
Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment
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Laura M. Brotherson
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Finally! A book about physical intimacy and marital oneness that is comprehensive, in-depth and frank, yet respectfully reverent - written to address the unique perspective and concerns of women, while shining a light into the mysteries of the female heart and mind. And They Were Not Ashamed - Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment, by Laura M. Brotherson, is the ultimate how-to handbook, power-packed with hope and help for creating a mutually fulfilling intimate relationship.
As three books in one, this "marriage book", "sex book", and "parenting book":
- Shines light and truth on the intimate marital relationship, restoring sex to its proper position as ordained of God
- Effectively addresses, with self-help solutions, the emotional, spiritual and physical intimacy issues that plague so many marriages
- Provides principles and practices to help parents teach and better prepare their children for intimacy and lasting fulfillment in marriage
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-18
Fills a Vacuum in Christian Sex Education
Loved this book! Great for single men and women, engaged couples, struggling married couple, and even happily married couples. This book fills a vacuum that is so desperately needed in the Christian community! After listening to this audio, I will be buying my own hard copy to have in my personal library
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-21-24
Every Couple Needs To Know This!
This book has helped our good marriage become even better! And has opened our eyes to the issues that could have developed if allowed to continue. It has helped my wife and I understand each other better and know what we should teach our children about intimacy.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-19-17
great book
a very insightful book! I plan to share it with my loved ones. it has increased my knowledge of sexual intimacy.
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- Hyrum
- 11-12-18
loved the book.
loved the book but I did have some audio problems. but the book was very helpful.
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- Chelsea
- 06-28-21
Great content! Poor recording.
This is an excellent starter to boost marital oneness. Unfortunately parts have previous content recorded over it. Other than that it is a wonderful resource, “but don’t take my word for it.”
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- S. Singer
- 01-27-18
Needed perspective on an important topic
Laura writes a very needed book in a candid, reverent way. I recommend every couple, especially LDS couples, read this book during their marriage, preferably at the outset.
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- 04-11-24
Must read for any couple
Great book. A few spots the sound is overlaid with another reading or now sound at all.
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- 01-18-20
So powerful!
So eye opening, powerful, spot on and yet how sacred this book talks about sex!!! Puts so we'll into words what I couldn't or didn't have the guts to tell my husband. Helped me to realize that nothing is wrong with me. I work just differently than my husband, and that is okay. I love how
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- TXMike
- 06-22-17
Every couple needs to read/listen to this book
This book should be required reading BEFORE marriage, and studied & applied throughout marriage. AWESOME! Thank you Laura!
The audio had a few hiccups throughout various chapters & that was unfortunate.
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- George Bekmezian
- 01-14-19
Can help improve or heal any marriage
This is a comprehensive book about marital and family relationships. It begins with very detailed and intimate information about women, their potential aversions to intimacy, and then discusses their physical and emotional needs. Then the author covers detailed information about the ecstasy and joy that is not only possible in marriage, but ordained of God. The author does all of the above through supporting quotes and references from not only herself, but from scriptures, spiritual leaders, and other experts who have studied and written on this subject.
This book has allowed me to see and appreciate my wife in ways that, sadly, have been lacking during the first 24 years of our marriage. We have been happily married during that time, but now I better understand how to love my wife in ways that are meaningful to her and the result is that we are both even more joyful than ever before. I know this book has resulted in us experiencing more celestial joy during our time together here on earth than we knew was possible.
I am grateful for the effort exerted to make this book available.
I also want to warn the listener that there are a couple of short sections of the audiobook where the recording is crackly and difficult to understand. However, this might be an aggregate of 2 or 3 minutes through the entire book.
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