As time goes by: boomerang marriages, serial spouses, throwback couples and other romantic adventures in an age of longevity
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 9 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0786743654
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✦ Synopsis
In this inspiring book, best-selling author Abigail Trafford describes how people over fifty are rewriting the script of love and in the process redefining the institution of marriage for future generations. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of men and women, married and single, gay and straight, Trafford explores what it means to love and be loved in the decades after midlife--and offers solutions to the most common problems that define this period, such as "retired spouse syndrome" and divorce. Wise and compassionate, As Time Goes By is an essential guide to the pursuit of love and happines.;Arc of loveo -- TURMOIL: The big churn -- Retired spouse syndrome -- In sickness and health -- Sexy beasts -- SURPRISE: Circus act -- Breaking up -- Romantic adventures -- New normal -- TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: Sticking together -- Boomerang couples -- Throwback romance -- Serial spouses -- The circle.