How to Be Happy, Though Married : A Tender Compendium of Good and Bad Advice

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• ISBN13: 9781556526992
• ISBN10: 1556526997
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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Summary

Warm and funny, this humorous quotation collection heeds advice from famous men and women who have taken the plunge into matrimony. Quotes are divided by relationship issuechoosing a perfect mate, popping the question, the big day, the honeymoon, bedroom techniques, money issues, housekeeping, parenting, and fidelityand offer useful and entertaining guidance for anyone contemplating or experiencing the varying states of marital bliss. This collection also draws from antique marriage manuals, ranging from Saint Augustine's fifth-centuryExcellence of Marriageto Anthony Cotterell'sThe Expert Way of Getting Married(1939), adding historical wit and wisdom to this clever compendium.

Author Biography

Michelle Lovric writes, researches, translates, and designs unique illustrated anthologies and gift books, including the New York Times bestseller Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion, Cats and Their Slaves, Skewered!: The Rudest Food Reviews, Women’s Wicked Wit, and The World’s Greatest Letters.

Table of Contents

Whatever Is Delightful in Human Life	p. 6
How to Choose a Mate	p. 8
Mutual Delight	p. 24
The Big Question	p. 26
The Big Day	p. 32
The Honeymoon	p. 38
Bed and Other Blessings	p. 42
Two into One	p. 62
Housekeeping	p. 66
Emotional Caretaking	p. 74
Inner Circles	p. 86
For Richer for Poorer	p. 88
Parenting	p. 90
Forsaking All Others	p. 92
Postscripts	p. 96
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