This book explores the possibilities and challenges of a genuine, fulfilling, and lasting marriage, and more importantly, it's about how to achieve a mature marriage. The author weaves together over forty years of her own marital experience, interviews with men and women at different stages of marriage, and references case studies from marriage therapists, research findings from various fields, and insightful perspectives to examine marriage with a self-reflective eye. She elucidates the various challenges couples encounter on their journey from "I do" to "till death do us part"—whether it's cultivating intimacy, reconciliation and forgiveness after arguments, the implicit competition and mutual growth within marriage, the dual impact of children on the marriage, or even the ordinariness and happiness of everyday married life, she explores them all in detail.
本书是一本探讨真实、美满且长久婚姻的可能性与挑战的书，更是一本关于如何拥有成熟婚姻的书。作者在书中融合了自身四十多年的婚姻经验，访谈了不同婚姻阶段的男女，参考婚姻治疗师案例与多领域的研究成果、思想洞见，以自省的目光审视婚姻。她阐明了伴侣从“我愿意”到“至死不渝”这一路上遇到的种种课题——无论是夫妻亲密关系的经营、争执后的和解与原谅、婚姻中的隐性竞争与共同成长，还是孩子对婚姻的双重影响，乃至日常婚姻生活的平淡与幸福，她无不细细探讨。
本书是一本探讨真实、美满且长久婚姻的可能性与挑战的书，更是一本关于如何拥有成熟婚姻的书。作者在书中融合了自身四十多年的婚姻经验，访谈了不同婚姻阶段的男女，参考婚姻治疗师案例与多领域的研究成果、思想洞见，以自省的目光审视婚姻。她阐明了伴侣从“我愿意”到“至死不渝”这一路上遇到的种种课题——无论是夫妻亲密关系的经营、争执后的和解与原谅、婚姻中的隐性竞争与共同成长，还是孩子对婚姻的双重影响，乃至日常婚姻生活的平淡与幸福，她无不细细探讨。
