"This is a very important book... Hackstaff has given us some brilliant insights into one of the most important social, psychological, and moral problems of our time." -Eli Sagan, author of Freud, Women, and Morality: The Psychology of Good and Evil "How do men and women feel about marriage in a culture of divorce? In this brilliant book, Hackstaff gets ... Read moredown to the key details in which culture, attachment, and power interact. This book makes giant strides in our understanding of marriage in the modern day." -Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work "Karla Hackstaff shows that the truth about American marriage is far more complex-and hopeful-than the divorce alarmists would have it." -Arlene Skolnick, author of Embattled Paradise: The American Family in an Age of Uncertainty "In this timely work, Karla Hackstaff adds richly to the contemporary discussions about the future of marriage and, by extension, the futures of the family and constructs of gender." -Terry Arendell, Professor, Colby College, and author of Mothers and Divorce and Fathers and Divorce "It is not possible in this review to do justice to the richness of Hackstaff's interview data, the nuanced quality of her analysis and the breadth of her knowledge. Every page of this book is worth studying." -The Women's Review of Books Show Less