Marriage Confidential: Love in the Post-Romantic Age - Softcover

Haag, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061719293 ISBN 13: 9780061719295

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2012

Synopsis

“Inthis timely and thought-provoking analysis of modern coupledom, PamelaHaag& paints a vivid tableau of the ‘semi-happy’ couple. Written withwit and aplomb, this page turner will instigate an insurrection against ourmarital complacency.” —Esther Perel, author of Matingin Captivity

Writtenwith the persuasive power of Naomi Wolf and the analytical skills of Susan Faludi, Pamela Haag’s provocative but sympathetic look atthe state of marriage today answers—and goes beyond—the question many of us are asking: "Is this all there is?"

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Review:

“If you’re coupled up—or want to be—you’ve got to read this.” (Glamour)

“Haag’s well-researched provocative study will get you thinking.” (People, "Great Summer Reads")

“The perfect book club choice.;. . . Free of the inflammatory politics and cultural baggage that usually accompanies the topic.;. . . It does make you reflect on modern mating habits. It’s fun.” (USA Today)

“[A] fun, interesting read.” (TODAY)

“Pamela Haag takes a fresh look at the state of our legal unions.” (More)

“Fascinating. . . . Couldn’t be more timely or relevant.” (Huffington Post)

“Provocative.” (The Times (London))

“Throughout her initial analysis she is spot-on. . . . [with a] sharp, erudite style . . . Haag has her capable finger on the pulse of the American marriage.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A startlingly honest and surprisingly funny account of marital discontent.... Avoiding comfortable bromides and rejecting the usual clichés, Haag reports on how married people really live these days.... This is one of the few books around with something new to say about the travails of modern love and coupledom.” (Laura Kipnis, author of Against Love: A Polemic and How to Become a Scandal)

“Brilliant. . . . Marriage Confidential is both laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-out-loud shocking, and nothing less than a Feminine Mystique for our time. Mark my words, your marriage will change after reading this book.” (Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher)

From the Back Cover:

Marriage Confidential tackles this question with bracing candor, taking us inside a world where romantic ideas have given way to a "post-romantic" mood and a fair number of marriages end up "semi-happy." It's a world where the husbands of "workhorse wives" pursue the Having It All dream that married women have abandoned; where children have migrated from the children's table to the centerpiece; and where technology, demography, and economy place unprecedented stresses on marital fidelity. Among other examples of marriage trailblazers, Haag even presents a case for how updated ideas of non-monogamy might be an option for the future.

Uniquely weaving together cultural commentary, memoir, storytelling, history, and research, Marriage Confidential gives us a riveting glimpse of what the future of marriage might look like.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061719293
• ISBN 13: 9780061719295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352