Marriage Confidential : The Post-Romantic Age of Workhorse Wives, Royal Children, Undersexed Spouses, and Rebel Couples Who Are Rewriting the Rules

from b00kish

I disliked this book largely because it makes sweeping truth claims on the basis of very weak evidence. She does have an advanced degree; she doesn't have one in the field she's writing in. It shows. I strongly dislike pseudo-science.The book could benefit, in my opinion, from a more open acknowl...

from brendajanefrank

Haag presents offers an analysis of contemporary marriage in the post-romantic age of workhorse wives, royal children, undersexed spouses, and rebel couples who are rewriting the rules. The fundamental problem with “Marriage Confidential” is that the writing style obscures its content. It is ver...

from bookwormteri

Overall a kind of bleak look at marriage. But very honest. People who put their children's needs over everything. People who lack sex (sexless marriages). Women who are supporting shiftless husbands. How did these couples get to these places and could they have prevented it? Interesting, but depr...

from Lilac_Lily01

"Marriage Confidential" provides a refreshingly honest look at marriage and the ambivalence many spouses feel towards it. The author Pamela Haag reminds me somewhat of Betty Friedan and her groundbreaking book "The Feminine Mystique". Just as Friedan did in the 70's, Haag also tackles a topic tha...