Friday, February 19, 2010

Committed


I found the title and cover design corny, but I'm a fan so I bought it, read it and enjoyed it. Even before I'd opened the book, a friend said it was so like me--not wanting to marry again after having been there, done that, and been utterly traumatized and devastated by it. But, unlike me, this woman had to do it again, after her fiancee was deported from the United States.

To cope with her situation, she decided to find out all she could about marriage through history and across cultures. It's an interesting and funny read, as usual. I learned a thing or two about marriage--not enough to make me consider it again at this stage in my biography--but enough to convince myself yet again why it's an institution that needs major reinvention.

Read it.