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The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years
Riverhead Hardcover
September 2008
On Sale: September 4, 2008
256 pages
ISBN: 1594488509
EAN: 9781594488504
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An unexpected—and surprisingly positive— exploration of the
benefits awaiting married baby boomers in their “bonus”
years from the New York Times–bestselling author of Intimate
Partners. In September Songs, journalist and author Maggie Scarf finds
that marriage has undergone some fascinating changes since
she wrote her bestselling Intimate Partners. Over the course
of the twentieth century, thirty years of life have been
added to normal human life expectancy—what the author calls
“the bonus years.” This means that couples will often live
together for years after their children have left home, and
perhaps well past retirement. This extra time is bringing
change to our long-term relationships, especially marriage. In a series of intimate interviews, Scarf delves into the
lives of couples married for more than two decades and
discerns encouraging new insights about marriage. Seen
through the eyes of these baby boomers as they move into
this new phase of life, we hear—in the couples’ own
words—how they survived the bumps together and learned to
balance their needs with those of their partners. Scarf
reveals that, in many ways, men and women in long-term
marriages are far happier and more fulfilled in their
relationships today than when they were younger. A compelling and human portrait of the long-term emotional,
psychological, and physical benefits of a lasting commitment
to another, September Songs uncovers the challenges and new
opportunities couples find to love, cherish, and live
alongside each other in the extra years they have together.
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