"How marriages work and why they fail& Marriage is an adventure, says Shobhaa D�, celebrity writer, devoted wife and mother of six. It s about trust, companionship, affection and sharing. It s also about learning to cope with your partner s moods and eccentricities. Not to mention the delicate balancing act between parents, children, friends and a career, and the sometimes overpowering need to get away from it all. In this delightful book on society s most debated institution, Shobhaa D� writes about how and why marriages work or don t. With her usual disregard for rules, she reinvents tradition and challenges old stereotypes, addressing all the issues that are central to most Indian marriages: the saas-bahu conundrum (how to escape the role-trap and enjoy each other), the need for honesty (aren t some secrets better left secret?), the importance of romance (no, expressions of love are not unmanly!), and not any less important, how to recognize the warning signs in a hopeless relationship and run before it s too late. Fun, savvy and, above all, pragmatic, this is the ultimate relationship book for all those who want to make the adventure of marriage last a lifetime."

Shobhaa De is an Indian novelist and journalist. Her novels and her newspaper columns are extremely popular.

De’s novels have been translated into other regional languages also. Some of her books are used as course material in comparative literature studies at many universities in India and elsewhere. Other books by Shobhaa De include Selective Memory: Stories From My Life, Strange Obsession. Shobha D, Socialite Evenings, Second Thoughts, Snapshots, and Starry Nights.

Shobhaa De was born in Mumbai in 1948. She graduated with a degree in psychology from St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. She began her career as a model, then turned to journalism. She worked as an editor for three magazines - Stardust, Celebrity, and Society. Shobhaa De has been married twice. Her second husband is businessman Dilip De. Together, they have six children, two of their own and four from their previous marriages.