The Three Marriages Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
by Whyte, DavidEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-01-05
Publisher(s): Riverhead Trade
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Summary
In The Three Marriages, bestselling author, poet, and speaker David Whyte asks us to think about our work, relationships, and inner selves in a radically different way-by drawing them into a mutually supportive conversation.
Author Biography
David Whyte is also the author of seven books of poetry, including River Flow: New & Selected Poems.
Table of Contents
| Out of Nowhere | p. 1 |
| The Premise | p. 9 |
| The Three Marriages: Work, Self and Other | |
| Some Definitions | p. 17 |
| The First Marriage: The One We Usually Mean | p. 17 |
| Work: The Second Marriage | p. 24 |
| Self: The Third Marriage | p. 31 |
| Love's First Glimpse: Looking for a Mate, a Job, a Life | |
| The Classic Case: Love's First Glimpse of Love Itself | p. 41 |
| Vows Made for Me: Falling in Love with a Work | p. 54 |
| The Doorless Door: Youth's First Glimpse of the Self | p. 82 |
| The Joy of Pursuit: What We Think we are Worthy of in This World | |
| The Pursuit of the First Marriage: The Classic Case Again: Early Stage | p. 103 |
| Opening a Tidal Gate: The Pursuit of a Work Through Difficulty, Doubt and Distraction | p. 120 |
| Searching for a Self: The Pursuit that is not a Pursuit | p. 154 |
| Engagement: The Dramas and Disappointments Immediately Prior to Marriage | |
| Have Nothing, Dare Everything | p. 189 |
| Jane Austen: Despite All | p. 213 |
| Alone in the Struggle: Turning to Face the World | p. 236 |
| Living Together: The Art of Marriage | |
| The Art of Marriage: The Disappearance, Reappearance and Dissolution of the Self | p. 265 |
| A Sweet Prison: Living with the Work We've Chosen | p. 296 |
| Living with the Self: Divorce, Forgiveness and Remarriage | p. 318 |
| Not a Question of Balance: A Marriage of Marriages | p. 344 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 357 |
| Bibliography | p. 359 |
| Index | p. 363 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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