Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage
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An illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky If falling in love is the peak of human experience, then marriage is the slow descent down that mountain, on a trail built from conflict, compromise, and nagging doubts. Considering the limited economic advantages to marriage, the deluge of other mate options a swipe away, and the fact that almost half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce anyway, why do so many of us still chain ourselves to one human being for life? In Foreverland, Heather Havrilesky illustrates the delights, aggravations, and sublime calamities of her marriage over the span of fifteen years, charting an unpredictable course from meeting her one true love to slowly learning just how much energy is required to keep that love aflame. This refreshingly honest portrait of a marriage reveals that our relationships are not simply "happy" or "unhappy," but something much murkier-at once unsavory, taxing, and deeply satisfying. With tales of fumbled proposals, harrowing suburban migrations, external temptations, and the bewildering insults of growing older, Foreverland is a work of rare candor and insight. Havrilesky traces a path from daydreaming about forever for the first time to understanding what a tedious, glorious drag forever can be. Heather Havrilesky writes the popular Ask Polly advice column on Substack and is the author of What If This Were Enough?, How to Be a Person in the World, and Disaster Preparedness. She has written for the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, and NPR's All Things Considered, among others, and also maintains the Ask Molly newsletter, written by Polly's evil twin. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.
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Havrilesky, H. (2022). Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. [United States], Ecco.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Havrilesky, Heather. 2022. Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. [United States], Ecco.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Havrilesky, Heather, Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. [United States], Ecco, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Havrilesky, Heather. Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. [United States], Ecco, 2022.
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