SEPTEMBER
SONGS One of the seminal books ever written about marriage was Intimate Partners, the #1 bestseller by Maggie Scarf, which explored the depths of true intimacy. Now Maggie Scarf is back with another breakthrough book about marriage, this time exploring the lives of couples age 50 - 70 who have been married for more than two decades. With life expectancy having increased by 30 years during the last century, these couples – most of them baby boomers – are living what Scarf calls “The Bonus Years” – a new phase of life between child-rearing and old age that did not exist until recently. How, wondered Scarf, does this extra time change marriage? In SEPTEMBER SONGS: THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT MARRIAGE IN THE LATER YEARS, Scarf unearths surprising news about couples who have stayed married, weathered tough times, and are now benefitting from their long term commitment to each other. Through extensive, intimate interviews with a range of couples (some of whom were interviewed for Intimate Partners and were going through rough times twenty years ago), Scarf explores how these couples have survived, how they have adapted to the empty nest, retirement, relocation, financial concerns, and health issues. They discuss their sex lives, their biggest regrets and smartest decisions. SEPTEMBER SONGS offers a wealth of fresh insight and wisdom here for couples at all stages of married life.
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