First Comes Marriage

A practical and progressive guide to love and romance that explains why couples in arranged marriages are happier...and what the rest of us can learn from them to create - and maintain - strong and fulfilling relationships. Arranged marriages have a tenth of the divorce rate that typical marriages, or "love matches" have. Why is that the case? And what can people in love matches learn from those who have chosen an arranged marriage? Author Reva Seth set out to find the answers to those questions, conducting over three hundred interviews with women in all types of arranged marriages around the world, living in a variety of cultures. With over four years of research, Seth has found the seven secrets that make arranged marriages succeed. In FIRST COMES MARRIAGE,she provides prescriptive advice so that readers can cultivate their own relationship success, no matter how or where they find love.