This is the classic book that shows us why we find it difficult to talk to the opposite sex.

Why do so many women feel that men don’t tell them anything but just lecture and criticise? Why do so many men feel that women nag them and never get to the point?

In this pioneering book, Deborah Tannen shows us how women and men talk in very different ways, for profoundly different reasons. While women use language to make connections and reinforce intimacy, men use it to preserve their status and independence.