September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years - Softcover

"[An] engrossing investigation into enduring marriage...unexpectedly candid"
-The New York Times Book Review

"Scarf is good...a probing but tactful questioner, an active listener, and even, on occasion, a quasi-therapist."
-The Washington Post

"A journalistic book...the clearest message, both from the research and the couples, is upbeat."
-The Economist

"Scarf wonderfully captures those insights that give meaning and joy to life even as the clock ticks."
-Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of How Doctors Think

A modern evaluation of marriage by the author of Intimate Partners takes into account the additional years that have been added to life expectancies, drawing on intimate interviews to counsel readers on how to maximize fulfillment in the post-children and retirement stages. Reprint.