365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy - Softcover

?Charla Muller is the Lou Gehrig of postmarital sex. Or maybe the Louise Gehrig. Whichever it is, I thank her for her inspiring journey.? ?A.J. Jacobs, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Know It All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World" ?This makes Morgan Spurlock look like a wimp for just eating McDonald's food for 90 days.? ? Celia Rivernbark, author of the forthcoming "Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattereed Hissy Fits"

The Mullers had a solid marriage and two wondeful children, but over the years sex had fallen low on their to-do list. The lack of intimacy wasn't casuing them to drift apart, exactly, but their connection didn't seem as great as it could be. Charla decided she couldn't go on pretending the relationship they once had wasn't important. The couple would embark on a year of scheduled sex, falling over toy trucks and piles of laundry in an effort to make time for each other. There were obstacles along the way - when disasters at work intruded on their home life and when there were questions about sex itself and faking it. Sex is always a good thing though - isn't it? The couple found themselves asking some deep and fundamental questions as the months passed. Would sex every day strengthen a marriage, or reveal the cracks? Does getting it regularly bring a couple together or will it actually drive them apart? Would physical love - whether good, mediocre or ugly - make up for things that aren't so good? They had a whole year to find out...