Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, is one of America’s leading experts on the family. After closely tracking developments for the past three decades, he’s decided to pull American marriage over and subject it to a close inspection. His book delivers a stern warning to this fast-paced conjugal culture: “Slow down—watch out for the children.” Che (...)
June 19, 2009
Books
For Better & for Worse
The Marriage-Go-RoundThe State of Marriage and Family in America TodayAndrew J. CherlinAlfred A. Knopf, $25.95, 288 pp.
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