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Anne Richardson Roiphe - Married: A Fine Predicament - 9780747568513 - KEX0161369
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Married: A Fine Predicament

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Description for Married: A Fine Predicament Paperback. We live in a world where the concept of marriage is an unfashionable one. This work gives us an unfettered view of an institution which continues to play an important role in our lives. It offers a defence of married life from the perspective of a wife and mother. It is a tribute not only to what marriage asks of us, but also to what it gives us. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 244. "Originally published: New York: Basic Books, 2002; London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Commissioning organisation: Anne Roiphe. 288 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Relationships - General,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - General,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - Relationships - General,Sub"
We live in a world where the concept of marriage is an unfashionable one. Where individuals protest their independence, their inability to commit or their lack of faith in the institution, against a culture of bestsellers, films, television series and magazines all obsessed with the finding, and keeping, of a mate. With clarity Anne Roiphe gives us an unfettered view of an institution which continues to play an important role in all our lives. In doing so she offers an elegant defence of married life from the perspective of a wife and mother who has survived the fifties, the sexual ... Read more

Product Details

Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747568513
SKU
KEX0161369
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Anne Richardson Roiphe
Anne Roiphe is the best-selling author of several books. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Vogue, Redbook, Glamour, Working Woman and Family Circle. She lives in New York City.

Reviews for Married: A Fine Predicament
'Wonderful...fascinating, taking in Emma Bovary and Bridget Jones along the way, it is an exploration of what marriage means and how meaningful it can be' Good Housekeeping 'My copy is marked with scrawls of "yes!": I shall have to buy more to give away as wedding presents' Sunday Telegraph

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