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How to be married, what I learned from real women on five continents about surviving my first (really hard) year of marriage, Jo Piazza

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How to be married, what I learned from real women on five continents about surviving my first (really hard) year of marriage, Jo Piazza

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to be married

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

954427143

Responsibility statement

Jo Piazza

Sub title

what I learned from real women on five continents about surviving my first (really hard) year of marriage

Summary

"At age thirty-four, Jo Piazza got her romantic-comedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galápagos Islands and was engaged three months later. But before long, Jo found herself riddled with questions. How do you make a marriage work in a world where you no longer need to be married? How does an independent, strong-willed feminist become someone's partner -- all the time? In the tradition of writers such as Nora Ephron and Elizabeth Gilbert, award-winning journalist and nationally bestselling author Jo Piazza writes a provocative memoir of a real first year of marriage that will forever change the way we look at matrimony. A travel editor constantly on the move, Jo journeys to twenty countries on five continents to figure out what modern marriage means. Throughout this stunning, funny, warm, and wise personal narrative, she gleans wisdom from matrilineal tribeswomen, French ladies who lunch, Orthodox Jewish moms, Swedish stay-at-home dads, polygamous warriors, and Dutch prostitutes. Written with refreshing candor, elegant prose, astute reporting, and hilarious insight into the human psyche, How to Be Married offers an honest portrait of an utterly charming couple. When life throws more at them than they ever expected -- a terrifying health diagnosis, sick parents to care for, unemployment -- they ultimately create a fresh understanding of what it means to be equal partners during the good and bad times. Through their journey, they reveal a framework that will help the rest of us keep our marriages strong, from engagement into the newlywed years and beyond." -- Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

San Francisco : after happily ever after -- Chile : surrender -- Mexico : never stop talking -- Maine : we're a team -- Denmark : make your house a home -- France : be your husband's mistress -- San Francisco : for better or worse -- Israel : secure your own oxygen mask first -- Kenya : it takes a village -- Holland : you didn't marry your job -- India : a little thanks goes a long way -- Meghalaya : money, money, money -- Sweden : bending gender roles -- Tanzania : conquer the world together

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