Living Happily Ever After Author:Laurie Wagner, Stephanie Rausser, David Collier How do couples stay together for decades? Living Happily Ever After explores this curcial question through the lives of thirty American couples who have been together for at least thrity years. In personal, intimate interviews and charming vintage and contemporary photographs, these pairs reveal their private experiences of marriage and couple-h... more »ood. From Gil and Becky Johnson, both blind, who have raised three children together, to Helma and Benno Schneider, who came together in a concentration camp and survived to marry and raise a family, to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, women who met in the 1950s and have stayed together for over forty years, these couples have lived extraordinary lives. Yet their experiences consecrate the ordinary, as they discuss buying a house, having children, health problems, affairs, sex and aging, and so much else that makes up a long life. Through their stories, we learn the secrets of longevity as a couple, and how hard work and commitment balance the fun. With a little joy and a lot of love, the couples in Living Happily Ever After prove that a long-term partnership is a beautiful thing not just to experience, but also to behold.« less