if nuns were wives: a handbook on marriage from the perspective of a nun

If Nuns Were Wives is a handbook for wives on how to thrive in marriage using the perspective of a nun. Formerly aspiring nun, Shani Chen, is now married with two children, but still enjoys learning alongside the nuns. In an unconventional way of delivering relationship advice, Chen takes her reader on a journey into the monastery—transcending dogma and religion—and makes the role of the American wife the new holy temple for relationships.