Product Description

How many ways are there to say “I’m sorry?” Well, it

depends on your language of apology.

Just as you have a different love language, you also hear and

express the words and gestures of apology in a different language.

Best-selling author Gary Chapman has teamed with counselor

Jennifer Thomas to explore the different languages of apology and

reach a whole new audience with this easy to follow and quickly

applicable communication tool.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16294 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Chapman, author of the bestselling The Five Love Languages, teams up with psychologist Thomas for thoughtful dissection of another tricky subject. Chapman and Thomas choose to tackle the apology because, as with love, understanding it is essential for developing, maintaining and repairing relationships. Apology, however, covers a much broader scope, applying to all varieties of relationships, from the deeply personal connection between intimate partners to the formal relationships between nations. Chapman and Thomas's basic observation that we don't all agree on what constitutes a sincere apology is perhaps not surprising, but it may, as they show, help couples who can't resolve arguments because their apologies aren't accepted. The authors stress that you need to learn the "language" of the person you are apologizing to: for one person, it may be expressing regret, while for another it's accepting responsibility or making restitution. Especially useful is the chapter that helps readers learn which language of apology feels most sincere to them. Chapman and Thomas are most apt when they seek to repair relationships not with large ideas but with simple basics that are too often taken for granted. (Sept.)
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From AudioFile
A series of books and audios on how people connect emotionally with different "languages" includes this one on the ways people offer apologies, hear them, and accept them. The five apology languages are expressing regret, accepting responsibility, making restitution, genuinely repenting, and requesting forgiveness. Gary Chapman narrates most of this audio with an attractive mixture of human accessibility and magisterial confidence. His writing partner sounds equally sincere but has a less appealing speaking style. Their desire to be helpful speaks more loudly than either of their voices. With many practical insights, this material will be invaluable to listeners who care about correcting the misdeeds and mistakes we all make from time to time. T.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From the Inside Flap
When our granddaughter Davy Grace was five years old, her mother and father allowed her to spend a special week with her grandparents. Karolyn and I were elated. The week was great fun. But one experience is indelibly printed in my memory. Karolyn has a special drawer where she keeps “stickers” for the grandchildren. Davy Grace, of course, knew about this special drawer and asked her grandmother if she could have some stickers. Karolyn told her that she could have three; any three she chose. An hour or two later, we began to see stickers all over the house. Davy Grace had taken the entire sheet of stickers and placed them randomly. Karolyn said to her, “I thought I told you to take only three stickers, but you have taken the whole sheet.” Davy Grace stood in silence as her grandmother continued. “You disobeyed Grandmother.” Tears cascaded down Davy Grace’s face as she said, “I need somebody to forgive me.” I shall never forget those words nor the pain which I saw in her young face. My tears joined her tears as I embraced her and said, “Honey, all of us need somebody to forgive us.”   —From The Five Languages of Apology

Customer Reviews

A book everyone should read
This is an AMAZING book! If you enjoyed The Five Love Languages, then you will most definitely enjoy The Five Languages of Apology. It presents the five manners in which people express that they are sorry. They make perfect sense and most people tend to think there in only "one way" to say sorry, and they know what that way is for them, and this book does a great job of showing the five different ways in which people express it themselves. Like love, people tend to apologize how they want others to apologize to them. Each one makes perfect sense once described, and I was better able to see what my apology language is after reading this book. Since I have been done reading it, I have passed it on to family and friends so that they may read it and know theirs, too. I couldn't put it down and I don't think I can think of anything negative to say about this book. The apology profile in the back is easy, friendly, simple, and - I feel -accurately helps one find their apology language. I'd recommend it any day to anyone.

The Five Languages of Apology
This is an excellent book for healing relationships. In essence it would probably be more marketable if the title was "Healing Relatioships". I used this book as a resource for our bible study and it has been a tremendous tool for bringing our church family closer together. It helped to teach individuals in learning how to be more respectful of one another and most of all to apologize for errors. I highly recommend this book to everyone in need of healing relaitonships. Most of all in learning how to apologize and to accept apologies.

Wonderful Book!
We are teaching this book in our Young Married class and I think it is a wonderful book. Many in the class have said the knowledge in the book is invaluable. I can't recommend this book enough. All couples should read this book...