by Ada Calhoun
First published 2021
Marriage isn't what the wedding industry promised. Ada Calhoun takes on the institution of matrimony with unflinching honesty, drawing from her own married life alongside insights from experts, clergy, and friends. She dismantles the myth of perpetual marital happiness to reveal what really happens behind closed doors. Fights will erupt. Existential dread will creep in. Affairs might happen. You will sometimes look at your spouse and feel pure fury. Calhoun's central argument cuts through all the complexity: staying married boils down to one simple rule: don't get divorced. Born from her viral New York Times essay, this book delivers unvarnished truth to newlyweds while celebrating those who have survived marriage's inevitable storms. Calhoun offers readers both wisdom and entertainment, combining unexpected frankness with literary skill to create a realistic yet hopeful vision of modern matrimony.
Genres: family-life, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: realistic, slice-of-life
1 pages · Audio CD · Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing