I recently picked up my copy of this seminal book from my bookshelf to re-read some of the wisdom described in it.

It’s a classic. One of the first relationship self-help books in the genre, written by Robin Norwood, a family and relationship therapist, in 1985.

Its premise is simple. It describes a certain kind of woman who seeks out emotionally unavailable partners, and deeply dysfunctional men in order to help, even rescue and save them. Thereby sacrificing their own needs.