September Songs The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years

by Scarf, Maggie

• ISBN13: 9781594488504
• ISBN10: 1594488509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-04
• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover

Summary

"Since the beginning of the twentieth century, thirty years have been added to human life expectancy - an unprecedented event that has forever changed our long-term relationships. In September Songs, author and journalist Maggie Scarf investigates the surprising and profound evolution marriage has undergone in these "bonus years"- a time of life that is emerging as more rewarding than anyone had expected." "In a series of intimate and wide-ranging interviews. Scarf delves deeply into the lives of couples married for more than two decades."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Maggie Scarf is a journalist and the author of the bestselling Intimate Partners, as well as Secrets, Lies, Betrayals; Intimate Worlds; Unfinished Business; and Body, Mind, Behavior. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, and a Fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University. She is a contributing editor for The New Republic.

Table of Contents

Lynn and Carl McBride: a gift of time	p. 25
Does Divorce Make People Happy?	p. 45
Liz and Jeff Dennison: Classmates	p. 69
Taking Time Seriously	p. 87
Jean and Ned Donaldson: The Simple Life	p. 105
Jackie and Steve Winston (1.): Transitioning, a Foot in Each World	p. 131
Jackie and Steve Winston (2): Retirement Myths, Retirement Realities	p. 159
Claudia and Douglas Hamilton: An Uncertain Future	p. 178
Nancy and David Sternberg: In Sickness and in Health	p. 210
Selected References	p. 245
Index	p. 251
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