![]() ![]() The author has a flair for sweetening the facts with her palatable style." - Kirkus Reviews "Sure to provoke and surprise." - The Globe and Mail, "Elizabeth Abbott has penned a masterpiece.a wide-ranging account of how the social intersects with many forms of the personal."- Ahmad Saidullah, author of Happiness and Other Disorders "Deftly shows how this always fragile, yet always resilient institution has evolved. ![]() " - Long Island Pulse " weaves stories and facts in a kind of loosely fluid narrative that makes pleasant reading. If you enjoy a good wedding, are first in line to dance The Hora, or you've divorced yourself from boring reads, then find A History of Marriage. It's not always a pretty picture but it's a fascinating one." -Judith Timson, author of Family Matters "No thoughtful person-married, celibate, unfaithful or otherwise-should be without this book." -Mark Kingwell, author of The World We Want "This book is like taking a centuries-long, world-wide trip down a petal-strewn aisle, and I loved it. ![]() ![]() "Elizabeth Abbott has penned a masterpiece.a wide-ranging account of how the social intersects with many forms of the personal." -Ahmad Saidullah, author of Happiness and Other Disorders "Deftly shows how this always fragile, yet always resilient institution has evolved. ![]()
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