The Secret Lives of Wives, Iris Krasnow
The Secret Lives of Wives, Iris Krasnow
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The Secret Lives of Wives
Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married

Author: Iris Krasnow

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2011


Synopsis

A bestselling, groundbreaking author investigates wives who thrive, sharing their uncensored strategies for staying married. Americas high divorce rate is well known, but little attention has been paid to the flip side: couples who creatively (sometimes clandestinely) manage to build marriages that last longer than we ever thought possible. Whats the secret? To find out, bestselling journalist Iris Krasnow interviewed more than two hundred wives whose marriages have survived for fifteen to seventy years. They are a diverse cast, yet they share one common and significant trait: they have made bold, sometimes secretive and shocking, choices on how to keep their marital vows, till death do us part, as Krasnow says, without killing someone first. In raw, candid, titillating stories, Krasnows cast of wise women give voice to the truth about marriage and the importance of maintaining a strong sense of self apart from the relationship. Some spend summers apart. Some make time for wine with the girls. One septuagenarian has a recurring date with an old flame from high school. In every case, the marriage operates on many tracks, giving both spouses license to pursue the question, who am I apart from my marriage? Krasnows goal is to give women permission to create their own marriages at any age. Marital bliss is possible, she says, if each partner is blissful apart from the other. A fascinating window on the many faces of modern relationships, The Secret Lives of Wives brims with inspiring and daring examples of women who have it both ways: a committed marriage and personal adventures in uncharted territory. For anyone who wants to stay married and stay sane, this is the book to read.

About Iris Krasnow

Iris Krasnow is a New York Times bestselling author, professor, and camp counselor. During the school year, she teaches journalism and gender studies at American University and spends summers at Camp Agawak. She's written Surrendering to Motherhood; Surrendering to Marriage; I Am My Mother's Daughter; The Secret Lives of Wives; and Sex After . . . Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes. She is a regular contributor to AARP's "The Girlfriend" and the relationship sections of Huffington Post, in addition to writing for AARP Magazine and the AARP Bulletin, and giving a popular TedX Talk.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carla

I have really enjoyed this book. It came at a time in my life when I really needed some perspective. My husband and I have been a couple for 25 years, married for 21 of those. All couples go through ups and downs. This has been a down period for us. We have both gone through some soul searching and......more