AUDIOBOOK
What Makes a Marriage Last
43 Celebrated Couples Share the Secrets to a Happy Life Together
Marlo Thomas3.5
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Power couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue have created a compelling and intimate collection of intriguing conversations with famous couples about their enduring marriages and how they have made them last through the challenges we all share.
What makes a marriage last? Who doesn’t want to know the answer to that question? To unlock this mystery, iconic couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue crisscrossed the country and conducted intimate conversations with 40 celebrated couples whose long marriages they’ve admired - award-winning actors, athletes, and newsmakers to writers, comedians, musicians, and a former US president and First Lady. Through these conversations, Marlo and Phil also revealed the rich journey of their own marriage.
What Makes a Marriage Last offers practical and heartfelt wisdom for couples of all ages and a rare glimpse into the lives of husbands and wives we have come to know and love. Marlo and Phil’s frequently funny, often touching, and always engaging conversations span the marital landscape - from that first rush of new love to keeping that precious spark alive, from navigating hard times to celebrating triumphs, from balancing work and play and family to growing better and stronger together. At once intimate, candid, revelatory, hilarious, instructive, and poignant, this audiobook is a beautiful gift for couples of every age and stage.
Featuring interviews with:
Alan and Arlene Alda
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
James Carville and Mary Matalin
Deepak and Rita Chopra
Patricia Cornwell and Staci Gruber
Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden
Billy and Janice Crystal
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest
Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon
Gloria and Emilio Estefan
Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan
Chip and Joanna Gaines
Sanjay and Rebecca Gupta
Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Ron and Cheryl Howard
Jesse and Jacqueline Jackson
Elton John and David Furnish
John and Justine Leguizamo
LL Cool J and Simone I. Smith
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone
John McEnroe and Patty Smyth
Mehmet and Lisa Oz
Rodney and Holly Robinson Peete
Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Bert Pogrebin
Rob and Michele Reiner
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Al Roker and Deborah Roberts
Ray and Anna Romano
Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams
Judges Judy and Jerry Sheindlin
George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth
Sting and Trudie Styler
Capt. Chesley “Sully” and Lorrie Sullenberger
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
Judith and Milton Viorst
What makes a marriage last? Who doesn’t want to know the answer to that question? To unlock this mystery, iconic couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue crisscrossed the country and conducted intimate conversations with 40 celebrated couples whose long marriages they’ve admired - award-winning actors, athletes, and newsmakers to writers, comedians, musicians, and a former US president and First Lady. Through these conversations, Marlo and Phil also revealed the rich journey of their own marriage.
What Makes a Marriage Last offers practical and heartfelt wisdom for couples of all ages and a rare glimpse into the lives of husbands and wives we have come to know and love. Marlo and Phil’s frequently funny, often touching, and always engaging conversations span the marital landscape - from that first rush of new love to keeping that precious spark alive, from navigating hard times to celebrating triumphs, from balancing work and play and family to growing better and stronger together. At once intimate, candid, revelatory, hilarious, instructive, and poignant, this audiobook is a beautiful gift for couples of every age and stage.
Featuring interviews with:
Alan and Arlene Alda
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
James Carville and Mary Matalin
Deepak and Rita Chopra
Patricia Cornwell and Staci Gruber
Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden
Billy and Janice Crystal
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest
Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon
Gloria and Emilio Estefan
Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan
Chip and Joanna Gaines
Sanjay and Rebecca Gupta
Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Ron and Cheryl Howard
Jesse and Jacqueline Jackson
Elton John and David Furnish
John and Justine Leguizamo
LL Cool J and Simone I. Smith
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone
John McEnroe and Patty Smyth
Mehmet and Lisa Oz
Rodney and Holly Robinson Peete
Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Bert Pogrebin
Rob and Michele Reiner
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Al Roker and Deborah Roberts
Ray and Anna Romano
Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams
Judges Judy and Jerry Sheindlin
George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth
Sting and Trudie Styler
Capt. Chesley “Sully” and Lorrie Sullenberger
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
Judith and Milton Viorst