Wedded Wife: A Social History of Marriage BOTY_2025 *A New Yorker Best Book

*A New Yorker Best Book of 2022*

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Yet despite these threats

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On the night Alana's ex

Wedded Wife: A Social History of Marriage BOTY_2025 *A New Yorker Best BookIn this fascinating and insightful book, feminist curator Rachael Lennon provides an intimate and intersectional examination of the history of marriage, with a focus on the UK. In this fascinating feminist history, Rachael Lennon tells a remarkable story of how this institution has developed from the ancient customs of the stone age through to the modern form it takes today. In this eminently readable and relatable study, Lennon also explores themes