Human Intimacy: Marriage, the Family and its Meaning
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Good fit if you want...
- Good starting point if you want a readable option with clearer expectations upfront.
- Worth opening if you want a more concrete fit signal than lookalikes.
- When you like books that linger, the intimate voice creates trust, drawing you close to a narrator who admits faults and puzzles openly.
Maybe skip if...
- Not the best pick if you need only very short reading sessions right now.
- Less ideal if you want an entirely different pacing profile.
- When you want clear moral lines, the novel revels in gray areas and avoids clear-cut heroes or villains.
Summary
Human Intimacy: Marriage, the Family and its Meaning by Frank D. Cox looks like a backlist title with a clear setup and an easy way in from the record we have here. From the listing, this copy runs 1998 • Wadsworth Pub Co • 624 pages, a decent clue for the kind of reading commitment it asks for.
Edition on file: 1998 • Wadsworth Pub Co • 624 pages • ISBN 9780534552510.
Why this book now
More appealing if you want an older backlist book that still feels distinct instead of generic filler.
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Reading commitment
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Substantial commitment. This looks like a book to live with for a while, not sample quickly.
What stands out here
This one stands out through its reading feel more than through dry edition details: Idea-led • Deep dive.
Best way to approach it
Treat this like a focused read: enough attention to get its shape, without overcomplicating it.
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The clearest thing here is a reading experience that should show its character pretty quickly once you start. Taken together, it reads like a deeper read that asks for a little more time and attention. It also has the feel of a backlist title rather than a brand-new release.
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