'Bitingly funny, infectiously inquisitive and ferociously sharp.
Adored!' ATTITUDE 'A fascinating interrogation' GRAZIA 'An
incisive, witty and moving look at marriage - as an achievement, a
compromise, a selling-out, a practical solution' REFINERY29 It was
one thing to get married when your parents, your neighbours, your
community insisted on it, when a sacred union for heterosexuals was
not just one option but the only option. It's quite another to keep
doing it in when free of that societal and religious pressure. What
is the allure of an institution grounded in patriarchy, in elitism,
in white supremacy in the West, an institution that invalidated all
but one kind of love till quite recently? Why do so many of us
fight against these social ills while also posting pictures of
proposals on Instagram? Is it possible to be married while
subverting the institution by doing it one's own way, or is
marriage having the last laugh after all? Tom Rasmussen comes from
a Northern, working class family, for whom marriage in the
centrepiece of life. They are also a male-bodied, non-binary queer
person in a relationship with a man. Journeying through wildly
different weddings, visits to wedding planners, interviews with the
much-married, those who have questioned their decision to marry,
and those who would never consider matrimony, this is an incisive,
witty and moving look at marriage - as an achievement, a
compromise, a selling-out, a practical solution. Tom Rasmussen
examines what marriage means across the spectrum of sexuality and
class, and what the future looks like for this most historic and
universal of institutions. 'An incisive, compassionate probing of
the pleasures and pitfalls of marriage ... A deft deconstruction of
normativity today' DAZED 'Tom Rasmussen is a smart and accomplished
storyteller ... Anyone - queer or straight - who's considering
marriage, or for that matter anyone who's deeply in love should
read this unputdownable book' KATE BORNSTEIN 'I love Tom Rasmussen
and adore their writing' TRAVIS ALABANZA 'An interrogation and an
investigation ... A deeply funny and optimistic read' JUNO ROCHE
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