{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-wife-9780060931568","title":"A History of the Wife","description":"How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining \"a scholar's rigor and a storyteller's craft\"(\u003cem\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/em\u003e), distinguished cultural historian Marilyn Yalom charts the evolution of marriage in the Judeo Christian world through the centuries and shows how radically our ideas about marriage have changed. For any woman who is, has been, or ever will be married, this intellectually vigorous and gripping historical analysis of marriage sheds new light on an institution most people take for granted, and that may, in fact, be experiencing its most convulsive upheaval since the Reformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYalom, Marilyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarilyn Yalom was a former professor of French and a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She was the author of widely acclaimed books such as \u003cem\u003eA History of the Breast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA History of the Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBirth of the Chess Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/em\u003e. She lived in Palo Alto, California, with her husband, psychiatrist and author Irvin D. Yalom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513726832914,"sku":"9780060931568","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cf299b2-205f-41e3-9b58-f19290e15247.jpg?v=1730965877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-wife-9780060931568","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}