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What Makes a Marriage Last

Written by: Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue
Narrated by: Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue, Tom Zingarelli, Maggi-Meg Reed, Therese Plummer, Adam Verner, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, Sean Patrick Hopkins
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Publisher's Summary

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
©2020 Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

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ENTERTAINING BOOK!!!

I envy these couples! They have found the secret of a comfortable life and happy way to live throughout the years.

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Not read by the authors

Really disappointed this is NOT narrated by the authors. They read the forwards, and then the whole thing is just performed by others. I thought we would hear both celebrity voices and the authors. It’s just a script being read by anonymous voices. Terrible.

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