The Wise Woman Builds Her House: An Analogy of a Physical Home to a Marital Home

In a day and age when couples live in "meaningful relationships" without a legal or religious contract of marriage and when the divorce rate among those who choose to marry hovers between 50 and 60 percent, a book on marriage may seem to be an anachronism.

However, Mrs. Howell draws on her experience of two successful marriages that spanned more than fifty-eight years. She offers her sage and insightful advice to anyone contemplating going into matrimony, to those considering getting a div...