The New I Do, Susan Pease Gadoua
The New I Do, Susan Pease Gadoua
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The New I Do
Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels

Author: Susan Pease Gadoua, Vicki Larson

Narrator: Carly Robins

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 09/10/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

If half of all cars bought in America each year broke down, there would be a national uproar. But when people suggest that maybe every single marriage doesn't look like the next and isn't meant to last until death, there's nothing but a rash of proposed laws trying to force it to do just that.

In The New I Do, therapist Susan Pease Gadoua and journalist Vicki Larson take a groundbreaking look at the modern shape of marriage to help readers open their minds to marrying more consciously and creatively. Offering actual models of less-traditional marriages, including everything from a parenting marriage (intended for the sake of raising and nurturing children) to a comfort or safety marriage (where people marry for financial security or companionship), the book covers unique options for couples interested in forging their own paths. With advice to help listeners decide what works for them, The New I Doacts as a guide to thinking outside the marital box and the framework for a new debate on marriage in the 21st century.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandt on January 09, 2016

I have been happily married for over eleven years. I also happen to think that marriage is an archaic institution that feeds into capitalist romantic notions of partner ownership that sets unrealistic expectations for all involved. I have invested eleven years in my partnership with my wife, and I d......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on August 02, 2014

When I said “I do” to my husband 25 years ago, I remember thinking that I wasn’t quite sure what I was signing up for. I knew there were certain clichés I wasn’t going to write into my vows – but that’s about as far as I could verbalize it even to myself. I felt like I still needed to figure out in......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on November 11, 2014

This was an exceptionally thought-provoking book about the current state (of disarray)of marriage and the alternatives to the cookie-cutter version we all grew up with. I highly recommend this to all single, married, divorced and to the soon-to-be any of those things! I am giving copies to my two yo......more

Goodreads review by Cristine on May 25, 2018

I am not a huge fan of marriage. In another reviewer's words, marriage is an archaic institution that feeds into capitalist romantic notions of partner ownership that sets unrealistic expectations for all involved . I understand that it works fantastically or at least well enough for a lot of people......more

Goodreads review by Miri on July 03, 2017

I suppose this is more my issue than the book's, but somehow this book managed to make all of these different types of marriages sound absolutely dreadful. The idea of deciding for oneself(ves) what marriage should mean is obviously great, and my favorite parts of this book were consequently the fir......more