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A review by myrto229
The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship by David Whyte
2.0
I hoped to like this, since I've heard such great things about this author. I couldn't make it through, however. I find the constant gushing about The Gift of Creativity (with a capital letter, yes) to be so wearying that I am almost instantly turned off by anyone who engages in this gushing, which Whyte does.
I also just didn't get how the examples of people in the 18th and 19th centuries (Stevenson, Austen, and Dickens) applied to contemporary management of work/life/relationships.
Beyond that, I have even more problems with the concept of the self, which Whyte doesn't problematize at all here (not that he should in this context, I guess).
Just a little too sentimental for me.
I also just didn't get how the examples of people in the 18th and 19th centuries (Stevenson, Austen, and Dickens) applied to contemporary management of work/life/relationships.
Beyond that, I have even more problems with the concept of the self, which Whyte doesn't problematize at all here (not that he should in this context, I guess).
Just a little too sentimental for me.