Marriage Confidential

<p><strong>In this timely and thought-provoking analysis of modern coupledom Pamela Haag paints a vivid tableau of the 'semi-happy' couple. Written with wit and aplomb this page turner will instigate an insurrection against our marital complacency. --Esther Perel author of <em>Mating in Captivity</em></strong></p><p><strong>Written with the persuasive power of Naomi Wolf and the analytical skills of Susan Faludi Pamela Haag's provocative but sympathetic look at the state of marriage today answers--and goes beyond--the question many of us are asking: Is this all there is?</strong></p><p><em>Marriage Confidential</em> 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.</p><p>Uniquely weaving together cultural commentary memoir storytelling history and research <em>Marriage Confidential</em> gives us a riveting glimpse of what the future of marriage might look like.</p>