Forty Beads

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Kirkus, 4/1/11 A creative catalyst for remedying an ailing sex life. When Evans was facing a particularly arduous period in her marriage, she knew she needed to do something to reignite her love life. She decided to offer her husband sex on a daily basis for 40 straight days, marking each one off with the drop of a Venetian bead into a mason jar. Thus was born the Forty Beads Method, an approach that "assumes a disparity that often exists between the male and female libidos and offers a way to close the gap." Evans' observations about sex and marriage and advice for other couples who want to try this at home are laced with attention-grabbing anecdotes and humor. When she explained her plan to her husband, she writes, he "looked at me as if I were Venus, the Goddess of Love, sailing into the bedroom on a clamshell." But she makes unsubstantiated and sweeping generalizations about men throughout the text, most notably in "Sex: The Deal," in which she writes, "Men love sex and for most of them, it's their favorite thing in the whole world." She employs limited scientific evidence to justify her oversimplified views. And while the author invites homosexuals to try this method, she fails to suggest any possible modifications to the heterosexual approach to her program. Also includes guidelines for creating a supportive community of Beaders. For women who need help dealing with the sexual power struggles of their relationship. Kim Barnouin, Co-Author of The New York Times #1 Bestseller Skinny Bitch "Forty Beads made me laugh out loud and take notes. Going on 10 years of marriage, I could totally relate to this book. I read it at just the right time, and my husband will be indebted to Carolyn Evans for her wisdom for many years. A must read for all women." Fiftyisthenewforty.net, May 2011 "With a keen sense of humor entirely devoid of snarky or resentful undertones, Evans makes it crystal clear that the key difference between men and women is that "men have to have sex to feel close, and conversely, a woman has to feel close to her husband to want to have sex with him." Bingo."