From This Day Forward

Now in paperback and with a new Introduction, journalists Cokie and Steve Roberts take a look at the institution of marriage, American style, including their own match of 33 years. With a narrative similar to "We Are Our Mother's Daughters", they use personal recollections as a springboard for the discussion of larger issues regarding love and family.

Cokie Roberts is co-anchor of the ABC news program This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts, and is a news analyst for National Public Radio Steve Roberts was a longtime correspondent at the White House and on Capitol Hill, and is now Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University.

Introduction

xi

Our Lives Early Days

1

(36)

Courtship

1

(19)

Wedding

20

(17)

Other Lives Early America

37

(49)

Companionate Marriage

37

(26)

Slave Marriages

63

(23)

Our Lives Leaving Home

86

(86)

Newlyweds in New York

86

(21)

New Parents in California

107

(28)

Growing Up in Greece

135

(37)

Other Lives New Places, New Roles

172

(46)

Pioneer Marriages

172

(24)

Immigrant Marriages

196

(22)

Our Lives Coming Home

218

(67)

Family House

218

(14)

Equal Work

232

(20)

Empty Nest

252

(33)

Other Lives Broken Marriages

285

(52)

Getting Divorced

285

(29)

Blended Families

314

(23)

Our Lives From This Day Forward

337

(12)

Afterword

349

(8)

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From This Day Forward

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