INTERCULTURAL MARRAIGE

AN INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT THE STRESSES AND CHALLENGES OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS-FROM ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE.TODAY WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS, A GLOBAL VILLAGE. DISTANCE NO LONGER DEFINES WHO WE MEET, FALL IN LOVE WITH, OR MARRY. THE INTERNET AND E-MAIL CONNECT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IN SECONDS. IMMIGRATION, STUDY ABROAD, TRAVEL, AND MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS HAVE CREATED A THRIVING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNITY. BUT THE EXPERIENCES SHARED ACROSS CULTURES AND COUNTRIES DO NOT ALWAYS BRIDGE THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES IN BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS THAT SPAN DIVERSE CULTURES.IN INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE, DUGAN ROMANO DELIVERS A REALITY CHECK FOR ANYONE ALREADY IN, OR CONTEMPLATING, AN INTERCUTURAL MARRIAGE. THIS INSIGHTFUL BOOK INTERWEAVES LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHERS AND SUGGESTS THAT THE JOYS OF AN INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE OFTEN RESULT FROM TURNING THE CHALLENGES OF CROSSING CULTURES INTO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FULFILLING AND LASTING RELATIONSHIP.NOW IN ITS THIRD EDITION, INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE EX