Diana Lesire Brandmeyer and Marty C. Lintvedt do a masterful job of weaving together Diana’s person tales from her life in a blended family with Marty’s professional advice as a counselor. The stories are humorous, touching, and true to life. You feel like you’re sitting at Diana’s kitchen table as she shares her triumphs as woes as a parent. Marty’s advice is great – even if you’re not part of a blended family. The section on keeping your marriage fresh was very helpful to me and I also appreciated Diana’s frank discussion of dealing with a strong-willed child. There are many take-aways in this book for not only blended families, but also adoptive families in their own unique “blended” situation, and for all families in general as there is great parenting and marriage advice.

The publisher provided me with a copy of this wonderful book free of charge for review purposes.