Although wedding is for grown-ups, not many of us are developed once we marry. Here, the bestselling author of Suddenly Sixty and Necessary Losses presents her perspective that is life-affirming the joys, heartaches, difficulties, and possibilities of a grown-up marriage — and no, that’s not an oxymoron!
Featuring interviews with married women and men, the findings of couples therapists, the truths offered by literature and movies, and a bemused exploration of her own marriage, Judith Viorst illuminates the issues couples struggle with from “I do” through “till death do us part.” Examining marital rivalry, marital manners, marital sex (extramarital, too), marital fighting and apologies, what kids do for (and to) marriage, and the boredom and bliss of everyday married life, Viorst leaves no marital stone unturned. From the years that are early we wonder “Who is this individual?” and “What am we doing here?” towards the realities of breakup, remarriage, and getting older (and old) together, Viorst offers insights and advice with sincerity, mankind, and humor — even while acknowledging just how tough it really is to be hitched and, whenever it really works, just how really valuable it may be.
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