February 2007 Ask The Author Special Events:...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we are delighted to announce two live author chats this week:

On Tuesday, February 13^th from 1PM-2PM (ET) we will welcome David and Kate Marshall as Ask The Author guests. The Marshalls have a new gift book out for Valentine’s Day, What I Love About You. Their new fill-in-the-blank book prompts couples to say what is in their hearts, but may not always be at the tip of their tongues.

The Marshalls will be on Gather to discuss how the book came to be, and chat with all of us about the moments that make us love the most important people in our lives, and how we can find new ways of communicating that love to each other.

On Wednesday, January 14^th from 1PM-2PM (ET) we will be discussing a very different side of relationships. Author and psychotherapist Esther Perel will be joining us to discuss Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. In her new book, Esther tackles the difficult questions facing many couples:

Can we want what we already have?

Why does the transition to parenthood so often spell erotic disaster?

Does good intimacy always make for good sex?

In this explosively original book, Perel explains that our cultural penchant for equality, togetherness, and absolute candor is antithetical to erotic desire for both men and women. She will be live on Gather to discuss the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, taking your questions, and explaining what it takes to bring lust home.

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More About the Authors

David & Kate Marshall
David and Kate Marshall are the best-selling authors of The Book of Myself, The Book of Us, and Words to Live By. The Marshalls have been happily married for twenty-three years and live in Moraga, California.

Find out more: www.marshallbooks.net

Esther Perel
A frequently referenced author, Ms. Perel’s book, Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic was published last fall. Her 2002 essay, “Erotic Intelligence: Reconciling Sensuality and Domesticity,” was featured on the front cover of the Utne Reader and was included in the anthology, Best Erotic Writings 2004. She has written numerous articles and chapters about intermarriage, the families of Holocaust survivors, cross-cultural couples and cultural and religious identity.

Ms. Perel has been interviewed in leading publications such as The Washington Post, Tikkun, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Observer, Vogue, Self, Salon.com, Health Parent and Working Woman, and has appeared on television programs including the Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, CBC News, Good Day New York , CNN This Morning, Women Aloud and CBS This Morning. She has also been a guest on popular radio shows such as The Brian Lehrer Show, Jim Richards, Dan Gresham and The Mancow Show.