Synopses & Reviews
The bestselling author of
The Erotic Silence of the American Wife is back with another provocative peek at womens secret lives.
Have you ever looked at one of your women friends and asked yourself, "Shes so terrific--why is she with him?" In her newest book, Dalma Heyn examines a rising trend in todays relationships--the coupling of high-achieving women with men Heyn terms "Drama Kings," weaker men who are drawn to the womens strength but ultimately attempt to sabotage it. These men create chaos in relationships, driving the women crazy in the process.
Weaving examples from history, literature, and popular culture with clinical research she has conducted over several decades, Heyn illuminates an exploding phenomenon thats just reaching public consciousness. She details the telling traits of Drama Kings, such as "The Visitor," "The Proprietor," and "The Hit-and-Run Lover." She arms readers with the warning signs and offers strategies to handle the sagas that inevitably will develop in these relationships.
Heyn ultimately delivers a hopeful and encouraging message: More and more women, instead of leaving these draining relationships in despair and misery, are taking their experiences with Drama Kings and turning them to their advantage, emerging even stronger and better equipped to enjoy richer lives––whether on their own or with the true love non-Drama King who is on the horizon.
Review
"Strong women, beware. You are more susceptible than most to the advances of the so-called "drama kings"--men for whom relationships always devolve into melodrama and rob the strength of the women involved. Heyn presents a compelling portrait of the five types of drama kings--toxic personalities and all."
--The San Francisco Chronicle "Ms. Heyn has a keen nose for social change. She has detected a plague of drama kings and records their pernicious attributes so that wary women can spot them in time and bar the door."--The New York Times "Heyn probes a new trend: women who value independence and personal fulfillment above domesticity and wifely duty. Heyn describes take-charge women's changing expectations of what a relationship should be." --Psychology Today
Synopsis
Dalma Heyn examines a rising trend in today's relationships--the coupling of high-achieving women with men Heyn terms "Drama Kings," weaker men who are drawn to the women's strength but ultimately attempt to sabotage it.
Synopsis
In her newest book, the best-selling author of The Erotic Silence of the American Wife examines a rising trend in today's relationships--the coupling of high-achieving women with weaker men she terms "drama kings," who are drawn to the women's strength but ultimately attempt to sabotage it. These men create chaos in relationships, driving women crazy in the process. Weaving examples from history, literature, and popular culture with clinical research she has conducted over several decades, Heyn details the telling traits of drama kings--and arms women with strategies to extricate themselves from these toxic relationships.
About the Author
DALMA HEYN was a staff writer and articles editor at Redbook, editor-in-chief at Health magazine, and executive editor of McCall's before turning to writing full-time. Her bestsellers The Erotic Silence of the American Wife and Marriage Shock have sold in 20 countries, have been excerpted in magazines all over the world, and were hailed by critics as "thought-provoking," "provocative," "important and revolutionary." She lives in Westport, Connecticut.