When Sorry Isn't Enough: Making Things Right with Those You Love

Gary Chapman · Jennifer Thomas

Sep 2013 · Oasis Audio · Narrated by Kelly Ryan Dolan

About this audiobook

"I said I was sorry!"

Even in the best of relationships, all of us make mistakes. We do and say things we later regret and hurt the people we love most. So we need to make things right. But simply saying you're sorry is usually not enough.

In this audio book, #1 New York Times best-selling author Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas unveil new ways to effectively approach and mend fractured relationships. Even better, you'll discover how meaningful apologies provide the power to make your friendships, family, and marriage stronger than ever before.

When Sorry Isn't Enough will help you . . .

Cool down heated arguments
Offer apologies that are fully accepted
Rekindle love that has been dimmed by pain
Restore and strengthen valuable relationships
Trade in tired excuses for honesty, trust, and joy

This book was previously published as The Five Languages of Apology. Content has been significantly revised and updated.

Ratings and reviews

some good advice, but WARNING this book is very religious. chapter after chapter of bible stories and Scripture, and constantly diverting topic to God and Jesus of the christian religion using it as the reason for learning the books topic.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book & I've learned so very much about the 5 Love Languages. Before my counselor suggested that I read this, I didn't have any idea that the apologies I made weren't enough. I'll read this book again [at least once more, maybe a 3rd time]. I'll take notes so that I'll have support for when I apologize so that I can fix relationships & forgive myself mainly & so others can really know that I'm sincere. I want those I care about to heal from the wrongs I've committed against them. I don't love myself, I don't even like myself but at least now there's hope for me & the relationships with those I love.

About the author

Relationship counselor, pastor, and author Gary Chapman graduated from Moody Bible Institute, received a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University respectively, completed graduate work in education at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, and earned his Ph.D. in Adult Education and Master's of Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Chapman has discussed his five love language theory in numerous books and video programs, and he has also written many works of guidance on the topics of marriage, parenting, and in-law relationships. The director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc., Chapman has also been the senior associate pastor at Winston-Salem, North Carolina's Calvary Baptist Church since 1971. He has spoken internationally and domestically on relationships and received the Platinum Book Award from the Evangelical Publishers Association for The Five Love Languages. He also made The New York Times Best Seller List with The Five Love Languages of Children in 2015.