false 54910 5 Inspired by the hope that the experience of satisfied husbands and wives might provide useful lessons to others, Wallerstein, a clinical psychologist and specialist on divorce, and Sandra Blakeslee, who writes frequently for <i>The New York Times</i>, interviewed 50 predominantly middle-class, northern California couples who had been married nine years or more and had at least one child. These strong marriages flourish, they argue, because every partner confronted a series of psychological tasks including separating emotionally from the family of childhood, carving out his or her autonomy and creating an environment where anger and conflict could be safely vented. The couples reveal their interior lives in rich, explicit detail. 53510 1995 The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts total:66|5:21|4:22|3:18|2:5|1:0| 66 257 99 23 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Fri Jul 31 06:12:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 06:12:16 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 04:35:10 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 04:38:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Oct 16 16:18:29 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 15:10:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:38:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:59:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 22 01:11:07 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 01:14:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 03 11:20:36 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 22:37:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jul 04 09:45:42 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 09:50:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:11:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:11:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 10:50:01 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 10:50:14 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 06 15:17:59 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 15:18:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 24 07:14:32 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 07:14:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:56:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 14:41:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 14:25:17 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 14:35:51 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 22 18:21:57 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 18:23:31 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 07:41:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 15:54:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 03 08:56:45 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 15:23:21 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Nov 09 16:08:12 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 16:09:57 -0800 2008 2 2 0 false false Tue Apr 15 09:03:25 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 09:04:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 07:38:38 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 07:39:40 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jun 11 17:30:08 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 17:30:32 -0700 2007