Thursday, March 10, 2022

Heather Havrilesky on marriage and memoir

If I didn't think that it served a purpose in the world, I wouldn't feel that comfortable with it. I really think I've made something that has a purpose and is enjoyable to read. ... I think that people in our culture find it very easy to beat themselves up when they fall short of what our culture expects of them. Marriage is -- we're seeing in the reaction to my book -- considered kind of this sacred realm that we're not supposed to talk about. That intimate behaviors of people in a marriage are supposed to be kept hidden from the people around them.


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