High-Maintenance Relationships (AACC Library)
How to get along with impossible people? Parrot knows many; he divides them into 15 categories (Critic, Martyr, Steamroller, Wet Blanket, Sponge, Chameleon, and more), defines them, and offers advice on how to get along with these impossible people who complicate our lives. Parrot (Ctr. for Relationship Development, Seattle Pacific Univ.) is way too wordy and adage-prone ("Hell for Gossips is a place where people are forced to mind their own business") to make for easy, satisfying reading. A Nazarene Christian, he believes all personalities should be dealt with and will respond. There are frequent biblical references from highly regarded translations, but readers come away wondering whether all their relationships will be so easily nurtured and mended. A popular author for fundamentalist collections; skippable for public libraries.?Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, Pa.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.