essential premarital preparation or the painful postmarital repair.” To prepare for your marriage and lower your chances of divorce by more than 30 percent, here is some of the work we recommend: Read a book together. Since you have this book in your hand, we hope you will invest in taking the time to read it. Some couples read it aloud when they are driving in a car or while hanging out somewhere comfortable. The magic isn’t necessarily so much in the words on the page as it is in both of you investing