Divorced in America;: Marriage in an age of possibility [Hardcover]

Joseph Epstein (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 318 pages
• Publisher: Dutton; 1st edition (1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525093753
• ISBN-13: 978-0525093756
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,398,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JOSEPH EPSTEIN is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and of Friendship, as well as the short story collections The Goldin Boys and Fabulous Small Jews, among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Legal Charade, August 3, 2010

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Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divorced in America (Mass Market Paperback)

Divorce cases are rotten theater and moving spectacles. Love gives rise to responsibilities.

Marriage is a great risk. Difficulties begin with marriage. Bertrand Russell faulted rigid codes. Patriarchy began fading under industrialism.

From a male point of view, marriage may now be viewed as a burden and limitation. Also, the frequency of divorce has changed marriage.

No detail about a divorce is trivial. Divorce does not have rituals. How do you tell people you are divorced?

Divorce is an uprooting experience. After the divorce the father and his children work out a relationship. With divorce the dream of a family has been shattered.

The author uses his own circumstances to deal with the topic. He presents the history and ideas in an objective manner. The picture he presents of the newly single individual is bleak.