{"product_id":"modern-marriage-isbn-9781912559794","title":"Modern Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new essay from one of Britain's most celebrated state-of-the-nation novelists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarriage has been around for over 4,300 years and while it remains a union that establishes the rights and obligations of two people, it has – for the most part – changed out of all recognition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this discerning essay, novelist Amanda Craig asks what it means to be married in the twenty-first century. How has female economic independence, gay marriage, divorce, increasing longevity and equality changed the institution? Why do people still want it? Is it outdated, as many claim, or still the key to happiness? And can it be disentangled from the patriarchal model, or is the latter integral?\u003cb\u003eAmanda Craig\u003c\/b\u003e is a British novelist, short-story writer and critic. Born in South Africa in 1959, she grew up in Italy and became a journalist for newspapers such as \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, and regularly reviews for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. Often compared to Balzac, Trollope and E.M. Forster, she is the author of nine books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize, as was \u003ci\u003eHearts And Minds\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eThe Lie of the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Radio 4 Book At Bedtime, a YOU Magazine Book Club choice and was picked by six national newspapers as a Book of the Year in 2018. Her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Three Graces\u003c\/i\u003e, is currently being developed for TV by Momentum Pictures.","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233398141157,"sku":"NP9781912559794","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781912559794.jpg?v=1767732867","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/modern-marriage-isbn-9781912559794","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}