The New Wifes Valentine-Confidence and Power

American wives of all ages and stages take charge of their marriages, relishing the role of wife. Women's issues expert and author Susan Shapiro Barash's newest book, THE NEW WIFE: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF THE AMERICAN WIFE will be released on Valentine's Day.

(PRWEB) January 15, 2004 --Its an almost irresistible temptation to look yourself up and see how you compare to the other wives of your decade in Susan Shapiro Barashs latest book, THE NEW WIFE: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF THE AMERICAN WIFE (Nonetheless Press, February 14, 2004, case bound, 280 pages, $24.95).

Whether a woman first became a wife in the fifties, sixties, seventies, or later," Barash explains, there is the chance to reinvent herself and to gain confidence. A wife who married twenty years ago certainly does not operate in the same way today. Now she is less afraid, more in charge of her own life, and determined to have equality. Her evolution encompasses even the romantic aspects of her marriage."

Barash, professor of gender studies at Marymount Manhattan College, asserts that a wifes sense of awareness is heightened today as never before. The New Wife is aware of the elements necessary for a successful marriage, and shes willing to put her energy to this effort. Those necessary elements include:
·   Shared values and compatibility
·   Responsibility to one another
·   Honesty and trust
·   A 'best friendship between spouses
·   Commitment, acceptance, and a sexual connection

THE NEW WIFE is chock-full of personal interviews with women who married through the decades from 1950 to today. The candid revelations of these wives capture the essence of wifing: where theyve been and how far theyve come. Based on Barashs research, 80 percent of wives idealize the concept of a love-based marriage; 65 percent of wives believe that romance disappears with the birth of children; and 85 percent of young women today believe their marriages will be better and different than those of their mothers.

In an interview for Valentines Day, Barash will discuss the romantic and practical elements of marriage in the twenty-first century, including:
·   How the fifties wife has brought herself up-to-date
·   Why the sixties wife still wants romance
·   How the seventies wife infiltrated the workplace, putting romance on hold
·   How the eighties wife struggled to have it all
·   The disillusionment of the nineties wife longing for romance in her marriage
·   The enlightenment of the twenty-first-century wife
·   How to bring romance back into marriage
·   How women function as wives in new and original ways

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Susan Shapiro Barash, contact Marcia Schutte at Nonetheless Press, (toll-free) 1-877-250-2665; (tel) 913-254-7266; (cell) 913-636-9625; (fax) 913-393-3245; (email) mschutte@nonethelesspress.com.
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