What People Are Saying
“Every engaged couple should read this book. The beginning pages will help you make it to your wedding day. The rest of the book will help you make it “until death do us part.” Sherry’s insights on marriage, based on over 40 years of marriage and 37 years of practicing divorce law, will resonate with everyone who will say or has said, “I do.”
—JIM MORONEY, Publisher, Emeritus, The Dallas Morning News
“We have been privileged to accompany Sherry Cassedy through her lifelong journey of becoming a leading advocate for marriage. From early marriage, through decades of co-parenting, and years of developing her unique career, we have witnessed Sherry's commitment to marriage as an organizing principle for her life. She has extracted the wisdom from her years of experience and now offers the fruit of her dedication as a distinctive gift to the world.”
—EILEEN DONAHOE, Former Ambassador to Human Rights Council, and JOHN DONAHOE, Nike CEO
“A candid and refreshing look at marriage, with questions that offer real opportunity for renewal through conversation on tender subjects. The book is thoughtful and wise, and it reflects the author's abiding care about human connection.”
—DIANA RICHMOND, Family Lawyer and Author of Raising Dawn and Resilience
“A unique, intimate, and brave look at marriage. The author’s insights from her long-term marriage and career as a family lawyer make this book authentic and very readable. Highly recommended.”
—JOAN B. KELLY, Ph.D. Author of Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce
“This honest story about Ms. Cassedy’s own marriage entertains, intrigues, and ultimately touches the reader deeply. She describes failure, success, and being stuck-in-the mud in between with gratitude for the learning inherent in each situation. She doesn’t shy away from writing about sex, betrayals, religion, birth or death in her book. Her courage and commitment to let her voice be heard and her marriage story be told invite the reader to examine his/her own situation. Cassedy and her husband have a good marriage - because they worked at it, on it, for it, and still do. A brave and tender book.”
—HELENE BRUN, M.S., former couples counselor (30 years in Private Practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist), current Life Coach for individuals and couples
“This beautiful book is a gift to all who travel the marriage journey. Whether your marriage is highly conflictual, loving or painfully distant, Sherry Cassedy gives you medicine for the heart. Her personal and professional experience makes her a very wise healer. The right medicine at the right time can lift up your emotional life and save your marriage. Your renewal begins the moment you start reading this exquisite book.”
—ELLYN BADER, Ph.D. Co-founder of The Couples Institute. Trainer and consultant to therapists worldwide
“What a relief! My wife and I are not alone! Sherry Cassedy has lifted the veil of secrecy about the universal experiences that go on beneath the surface of a marriage to look at the ebb and flow of a relationship, the joys and pains, and the work required. Her vulnerable sharing and hard-won wisdom will resonate with all marriages, including our same-sex long-term marriage.”
—MARGE SLABACH, Commissioner, San Francisco Superior Court (Ret.)
“Sherry Cassedy has written a treasure of a book about marriage. The insights in every page flow from her unique and powerful voice, informed by her many years of professional experience, her own long-term marriage journey, and her unique personal philosophy, which is at once pragmatic, feminist, and deeply spiritual. Whether you are contemplating embarking on a new marriage journey, or riding its sometimes rocky waters, Marriage Unveiled offers a fresh new perspective that feeds the soul.”
—GENIVEVE JOAN RUSKUS, JD, Family Lawyer/Mediator and former President of AAML Northern California
“This is a book for sharing and inspiring all those contemplating or in a marital relationship. Sherry Cassedy courageously uses her own marriage to show how through time couples may go from the heights of romance to the depths of child loss and still together maintain hope, companionship, and love.”
—DR.S GLORIA AND HEIDI HORSLEY, Co-founders of Open to Hope
"Marriage Unveiled takes you alongside Sherry and Matt's marriage, their challenges, and their choices, plus shows the tools they used to grow into a more connected and intimate relationship."
—KYLE BENSON, the Gottman Institute and kylebenson.net blog, Intentionally Intimate Relationships
MARRIAGE UNVEILED
The Promise, Passion, and Pitfalls of Imperfectly Ever After.