From This Day Forward

After thirty years together, Cokie and Steve Roberts know something about marriage and after thirty distinguished years in journalism, they know how to write about it. In From This Day Forward, Cokie and Steve weave their personal stories of matrimony into a wider reflection on the state of marriage in America today.

Here they write with the same conversational style that catapulted Cokie's We Are Our Mother's Daughters to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. They ruminate on their early worries about their different faiths—she's Catholic, he's Jewish—and describe their wedding day at Cokie's childhood home. They discuss the struggle to balance careers and parenthood, and how they compromise when they disagree. They also tell the stories of other American marriages: that of John and Abigail Adams, and those pioneers, slaves and immigrants. They offer stories of broken marriages as well, of contemporary families living through the "divorce revolution". Taken together, these tales reveal the special nature of the wedding bond in America. Wise and funny, this book is more than an endearing chronicle of a loving marriage—it is a story of all husbands and wives, and how they support and strengthen each other.

What does it take for two people to build a life together through decades of personal and historical change?
A Catholic-Jewish Love Story: Cokie and Steve Roberts share the intimate, often funny, story of their own thirty-year marriage, from early worries about their different faiths to the compromises that strengthened their bond.Historical Lessons on Partnership: Discover the timeless challenges of matrimony through the eyes of others, including the remarkable union of John and Abigail Adams and the stark realities of pioneer, slave, and immigrant marriages.Two Careers, One Household: Written by two of America’s most distinguished journalists, this book offers an honest look at the struggle to juggle demanding careers, parenthood, and a lasting partnership.A Story of Commitment: More than a personal history, this is a wise and warm reflection on the wedding bond in America and the values that help any two people support and strengthen each other through life.