Deborah Tannen - You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with Gayle King, 1 March 2007

[Gayle talks to Deborah Tannen, author of You’re Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation and the No. 1 New York Times bestseller You Just Don’t Understand.]

You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen

Women and men live in different worlds…made of different words.

Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don’t Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.

Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong — and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.

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