Marriage Confidential
&#8220;If you&#8217;re coupled up&#151;or want to be&#151;you&#8217;ve got to read this.&#8221; (Glamour)&#8220;Haag&#8217;s well-researched provocative study will get you thinking.&#8221; (People, "Great Summer Reads")&#8220;The perfect book club choice.;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;Free of the inflammatory politics and cultural baggage that usually accompanies the topic.;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;It does make you reflect on modern mating habits. It&#8217;s fun.&#8221; (USA Today)&#8220;[A] fun, interesting read.&#8221; (TODAY)&#8220;Pamela Haag takes a fresh look at the state of our legal unions.&#8221; (More)&#8220;Fascinating. . . . Couldn&#8217;t be more timely or relevant.&#8221; (Huffington Post)&#8220;Provocative.&#8221; (The Times(London))&#8220;Throughout her initial analysis she is spot-on. . . . [with a] sharp, erudite style . . . Haag has her capable finger on the pulse of the American marriage.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly(starred review))&#8220;A startlingly honest and surprisingly funny account of marital discontent&#8230;. Avoiding comfortable bromides and rejecting the usual clich&#xE9;s, Haag reports on how married people really live these days&#8230;. This is one of the few books around with something new to say about the travails of modern love and coupledom.&#8221; (Laura Kipnis, author ofAgainst Love: A PolemicandHow to Become a Scandal)&#8220;Brilliant.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;Marriage Confidentialis both laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-out-loud shocking, and nothing less than aFeminine Mystiquefor our time. Mark my words, your marriage will change after reading this book.&#8221; (Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher)&#8220;In this timely and thought-provoking analysis of modern coupledom, Pamela Haag paints a vivid tableau of the &#8216;semi-happy&#8217; couple. Written with wit and aplomb, this page turner will instigate an insurrection against our marital complacency.&#8221; (Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity)&#8220;The personal is political after all. This first big history of the marriages of the post-feminist generation tells a riveting story of how socially empowered women-including many who opted out-and their mates are still struggling to find happiness in their personal lives.&#8221; (Linda Hirshman, author ofGet to Work: . . . And Get a Life, Before It's Too Late)&#8220;[Haag] doesn&#8217;t shy away from controversy in discussing how some marriage &#8216;rebels&#8217; try to breathe new life into their relationships. A candid and thought-provoking read.&#8221; (Stephanie Coontz, author ofMarriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage)&#8220;[Haag] wittily and meticulously explores what sets apart those who suffer quietly in their semi-happy marriages from those who take action-whether that action is working to improve the situation, splitting up, retreating to a man cave or having an affair.&#8221; (BookPage)&#8220;Marriage Confidentialis so rare, such a pleasantly charming pearl of great price&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;You learn something, but you hardly notice because you&#8217;re having such a good time.;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;Flat-out brilliant.&#8221; (Washington Post Book World)&#8220;A fascinating journey through the evolution of marriage.&#8221; (Date Night Magazine)&#8220;I read it voraciously. . . . [Haag] is thoughtful, engaging, unconventional, and amusing.&#8221; (Bella DePaulo,Psychology Today)&#8220;The chances are, this book describes your marriage. . . . It&#8217;s also an entertaining read.&#8221; (Mail on Sunday(UK))