夫妻颂歌 Couples A Celebration Of Commitment

出版时间：2000-1  出版社：Andrews McMeel Publishing  作者：Catherine Whitney  页数：141  

内容概要

Most of us desire commitment. We want to know that there is someone we can count on, with whom we can join together. Yet in our dissatisfied and mobile culture, commitment is one of the hardest states to negotiate and preserve. Marriage vows no longer assure it; there is no legal contract that can protect it. In these days of easy divorce and endless possibility,it is not breaking up but staying together that is the challenge.The idea of true commitment in a marital relationship has come to be an archaic, romantic notion for many people.    However, photographer M. I. Hamburg and author Catherine Whitney discovered that, in spite of all the negative media, we are surrounded by couples quietly commemorating decades of happily married life. Couples: A Celebration of Commitment is an extraordinary tribute to such love and devotion. This fascinating book relates the formulas of success behind thirty-five special couples who have more than weathered the tests of time.Couples offers intimate portraits of both famous and not-so-famous unions that all have one thing in common: enduring love and loyalty.    With its mesmerizing portraits and inspiring prose, this work is reminiscent of the popular Sisters and Mothers and Daughters books. The text captures the unique character of each couple,offering readers a colorful range of insights on a life of commit-ment. Although many of the couples are accustomed to the spot-light, this is often the first time they have been asked to reflect on the deeply personal details of their partnerships. The result is a series of wonderfully honest dialogues. A refreshing piece in our socially turbulent times, Couples offers inspiration to all.

书籍目录

AcknowledgmentsPhotographer's Note, by M. I. HamburgIntroduction, by Catherine WhitneyJUSTICE RUTH BADER AND MARTIN GINSBURG Passionate PursuitsRABBI PETER R. AND KERRY RUBINSTEIN Creating the SacredGAlL SHEEHY AND CLAY FELKER Breaking ThroughBILL AND JUDITH MOYERS An Act of CreationREYNOLD LEVY AND ELIZABETH COOKE Finding the GlueBARBARA SMITH AND DAN GASBY A Chance Worth TakingLIVE AND BONNIE CHAJET Romance in LaughterSTEVE AND COKIE ROBERTS An Act of FaithDR. MITCHELL AND SARAH ROSENTHAL A Safe PlaceGERALDINE FERRARO AND JOHN ZACCARC A Tradition of StrengthLINDA FAIRSTEIN AND JUSTIN FELDMAN Sweet Mystery of LifeADOLPH GREEN AND PHYLLIS NEWMAN On the TownGOVERNOR MARIO AND MATILDA RAFFA CUOMO The Magnificent JourneyWARREN AND BARBARA PHILLIPS Point-CounterpointWILLARD AND MARY SCOTT Weathering the StormsAVERY AND JUDY CORMAN AnticipationREVEREND JAMES A. AND BETTYE F. FORBES Not Done YetRICHARD REEVES AND CATHERINE O'NEILL Change, Change, ChangeWINSTON AND BETTE BAO LORD A Living MosaicJUDGE JERRY AND JUDGE JUDY SHEiNDLiN For Better, or Forget ItBERT AND LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN Common ThreadsLEONARD AND EVELYN LAUDER Something LastingMATTHEW MALLOW AND ELLEN CHESLER You, Me, and the WorldMARY HIGGINS CLARK AND JOHN CONHEENEY Young Lovers in Heart and Mind……