September Songs by Maggie Scarf - ISBN: 9781594483998
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From the “New York Times”-bestselling author of “Intimate Partners” comes this unexpected–and surprisingly positive–exploration of the benefits awaiting married baby boomers in their bonus years.

September Songs

The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2009

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Summary

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, thirty years have been added to the normal human life expectancy. In September Songs, the follow-up to her bestselling Intimate Partners, Maggie Scarf investigates the surprising and profound evolution marriage has undergone in these “bonus years.” In a series of intimate and provocative interviews, she delves into the lives of couples married for more than two decades and uncovers the welcome news that most couples are more satisfied in their mar…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781594483998
ISBN-10:159448399X
Author:Maggie Scarf
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Riverhead Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:1 September 2009
Weight:245g
Dimensions:208mm x 140mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

[An] engrossing investigation into enduring marriage

”[An] engrossing investigation into enduring marriage…unexpectedly candid”
-The New York Times Book Review

“Scarf is good…a probing but tactful questioner, an active listener, and even, on occasion, a quasi-therapist.”
-The Washington Post

“A journalistic book…the clearest message, both from the research and the couples, is upbeat.”
-The Economist

“Scarf wonderfully captures those insights that give meaning and joy to life even as the clock ticks.”
-Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of How Doctors Think

About The Author

Maggie Scarf

Maggie Scarf is a journalist and the author of the bestselling Intimate Partners, among other books. A visiting fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, and a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, she is also a contributing editor for The New Republic. Scarf and her husband live in Connecticut.

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