ANDREW J. CHERLIN is the Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University and is the author of Public and Private Families. His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, and on the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. He has been a recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and the Distinguished Career Award from the Family Section of the American Sociological Association. He lives in Baltimore.
A landmark new book. --@lt;i@gt;Time@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Intriguing. . . . Provocative. . . . Cherlin has come up with an original thesis [to explain] this peculiar paradox--we idealize marriage and yet we're so bad at it. --@lt;i@gt;The New York Times@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt; @lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; A masterful comparative analysis. . . . Cherlin argues that Americans have a distinctive pattern . . . which stems from our simultaneous commitments to marriage and to self-expression and personal growth. --@lt;i@gt;The American Prospect@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Cherlin is one of America's leading experts on the family. . . . His book delivers a stern warning to this fast-paced conjugal culture: 'Slow down--watch out for the children.' --@lt;i@gt;Commonweal@lt;/i@gt;