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State University of New York Press
September 2006
On Sale: August 29, 2006
228 pages ISBN: 0791468305 EAN: 9780791468302 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
Millions of adults sleep with another adult, but what does
it mean to share a bed with someone else, and how does it
affect a couple’s relationship? What happens when one
partner snores? Steals the sheets? Prefers to sleep in the
nude? To address these and other questions, Paul C.
Rosenblatt asked couples to describe the struggles,
challenges, and achievements of their bed-sharing
experiences. Two in a Bed includes interviews with more than
forty bed-sharing couples as they candidly discuss winding
down and waking up, cold feet and tucked sheets, who sleeps
near the door and who gets pushed to the edge, snoring,
spooning, sleep talking, sleep walking, and the myriad other
behaviors we negotiate in falling asleep, staying asleep,
and waking up each morning beside a partner. In addition to
exploring the routines and realities of sharing a bed with
another person, these interviews reveal important
information about sleep, relationships, and American
society. Stressing the intricacy and importance of a
previously unremarked activity, Rosenblatt’s Two in a Bed
shows that sleep should no longer be viewed solely as an
individual phenomenon.
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