Private Lies: Infidelity and Betrayal of Intimacy

322 Pages·1990·42.29 MB·English

by  Frank Pittman

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Infidelity and the Betrayal of Intimacy
Frank Pittman

PRIVATE LIES

Also by Frank Pittman
TURNING POINTS: TREATING FAMILIES
IN TRANSITION AND CRISIS

PRIVATE
LIES
Infidelity
and the Betrayal
of Intimacy
FRANK PITTMAN,
M.D.
W. W. Norton & Company
NEW YORK LONDON
©
Copyright 1989 byFrank Pittman
All rightsreserved.
Printed inthe United StatesofAmerica.
First published asa Norton paperback 1990
Acknowledgement ismadetothe followingforpermission
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(Stephen Sondheim) © 1971 Range Road Music Inc., Quartet Music Inc.,
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administered by HeraldSquare Music Inc. Usedby permission;and
toTheCole PorterTrustfor"JustOneofThoseThings"
byColePorter.
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Pittman, FrankS., Ill 1935—
Private lies.
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To Betsy,
with all my love