false 260561 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 260561 2 252549 2002 The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony total:24|5:2|4:9|3:5|2:6|1:2| 24 75 40 7 152327 3.46 338 120 60367800 68340 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 4 0 false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 19:52:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 11:01:53 -0700 2009
Well, it turns out that I probably should've read the book and saved myself a great deal of emotional and f...more...]]> 58875903 886733 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 4 0 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 11:15:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 10:22:37 -0700 2009
It basically boils down to this: starter marriages are the product of getting married for all the wrong reas...more...]]> 77383796 1889783 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 2 0 false Thu Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Nov 10 18:23:21 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:23:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 801529 52849 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Apr 19 17:06:04 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 17:09:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 21029045 983373 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 2 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 08:14:09 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 08:19:48 -0700 2008 Also, having just read this author's Parenting, Inc. within the last week, I think she's matured a grea...more...]]> 4579264 249963 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 4 0 false Wed Aug 15 07:14:18 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:18:33 -0800 2009
For anyone who blatantly hates the whole idea and wants to peer self-righteously at their peers who keep failing miserably at mar...]]> 27945539 537229 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 4 0 false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 08:02:29 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 08:34:33 -0700 2008 Pornified was definitely more intriguing, but this one was full of statistics and personal stories that were just as fascinating. ]]> 69086392 68253 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Thu Aug 27 08:49:27 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 08:49:27 -0700 2009 68884070 1606329 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Tue Aug 25 17:50:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 17:50:12 -0700 2009 65854578 1672382 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Sun Aug 02 06:57:34 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 06:57:34 -0700 2009 63981003 2535570 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 3 0 false Thu Jul 23 17:41:03 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:23:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 17:41:03 -0700 2009 62804323 316566 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Thu Jul 09 13:02:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:02:42 -0700 2009 56896170 257233 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 1 0 false Mon Jul 27 16:12:06 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 16:15:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 16:12:06 -0700 2009 54939734 2182214 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Mon May 04 14:55:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:55:03 -0700 2009 54804029 1424969 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Sun May 03 12:53:40 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 12:53:40 -0700 2009 52779915 664699 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 2 0 false Wed Apr 15 10:16:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:57:10 -0700 2009 51982261 927885 1330762 0375505407 9780375505409 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182798394m/1330762.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182798394s/1330762.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1330762.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 0.0 0 The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony is a pioneering study of first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, and of the changing face of matrimony in America.

According to the brilliant trend analyst and journalist Pamela Paul, “It’s easy to conclude that the starter marriage trend bodes ill for the state of marriage. After all, we’re getting married, screwing it up, and divorcing—a practice that certainly isn’t strengthening our sense of trust, family, or commitment. But though starter marriages seem like a grim prospect, there is also an upside. For one thing, if people are going to divorce, better to do so after a brief marriage in which no children suffer the consequences.” But are there other consequences of starter marriages? And what causes these marriages to fail in the first place?

In today’s matrimania culture, weddings, marriage, and family are clearly goals to which most young Americans aspire. Why are today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings—the first children-of-divorce generation—so eager to get married, and so prone to failure? Are Americans today destined to jump in and out of marriage? At a time when marriage at age twenty-five can mean a sixty-year active commitment, could “serial marriages” be the wave of the future?

Drawing on more than sixty interviews with starter marriage veterans and on exhaustive re-search, Pamela Paul explores these questions, putting the issues into social and cultural perspective. She looks at the hopes and motivations of couples marrying today, and examines the conflict between our cultural conception of marriage and the society surrounding it. Most important, this lively and engaging narrative examines what the starter marriage trend means for the future of matrimony in this country—how and why we’ll continue to marry in the twenty-first century.]]> 2002 0 0 false Wed Apr 08 15:18:01 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:18:19 -0700 2009 51692762 1511963 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 0 0 false Mon Apr 06 10:17:34 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 10:17:34 -0700 2009 44604862 1852977 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 3 0 false Tue Jan 27 22:19:10 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 22:19:20 -0800 2009 44370828 574163 260561 0812966767 9780812966763 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897m/260561.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173221897s/260561.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260561.The_Starter_Marriage_and_the_Future_of_Matrimony 3.12 24 A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Paul’s book “will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter” (The Economist).

What is it about marriage that makes today’s twenty- and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce and trade up to something better, but like a starter home, a starter marriage can teach you a lot about what to look for, and what to avoid, the next time around.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with starter-marriage vets, Pamela Paul explores why young people are jumping in and out of marriage, and what lessons can be drawn from their failures. She shows how starter marriages can be avoided, and why lifelong marriage is still a desirable, achievable option for the next marrying generation.]]> 2002 4 0 false Sun Apr 19 11:43:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 25 23:09:01 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 19 11:43:27 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=260561