Magic + Loss

Magic + Loss

The Dirtbag Wife

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Virginia Heffernan
Mar 24, 2022
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You can have a decent marriage, and also think your husband is a "snoring heap of meat.” This week on This is Critical, I talk with Heather Havrilesky, author of Foreverland: The Divine Tedium of Marriage.

Read an excerpt below and listen to the full episode here.

VH: I am so happy to get to talk to you. I'm obsessed with your past books, How to be a Pers…

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