Countless married Americans end up living alone-in the same house. Years of conducting FamilyLife conferences and counseling couples have convinced Dennis Rainey that isolation is the number one problem in marriages today. But Rainey is also convinced that it is possible to defeat "marital drift" and experience the miracle of oneness.

Staying Close provides couples with a positive, workable strategy for keeping their marriage vital and intimate. Couples will learn to:

• recognize the personal and cultural forces that isolate them
• manage the busyness of life without losing sight of each other
• grow closer during hard times rather than allow troubles to pull them apart
• "affair-proof" their relationship (or heal it after the fact)
• discover the secrets of a mutually rewarding sex life
• create a safe atmosphere for transparent communication