{"product_id":"marriage-confidential-9780061719295","title":"Marriage Confidential","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eMating in Captivity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten 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?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarriage Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniquely weaving together cultural commentary, memoir, storytelling, history, and research, \u003cem\u003eMarriage Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e gives us a riveting glimpse of what the future of marriage might look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaag, Pamela:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePAMELA HAAG\u003c\/strong\u003e has a Ph.D. in history from Yale and has held several fellowships. She has been published in the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been heard on NPR and elsewhere. She also writes a twice-weekly column for \u003cem\u003eBig Think\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317900185874,"sku":"9780061719295","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_559667f1-b3f7-47d8-aa77-d921cf7d881c.jpg?v=1727542465","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marriage-confidential-9780061719295","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}