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    The Trouble with Love: David Shields on Marriage’s Discontents

    by David Shields Mar 27, 2019 3 minutes

    Several years ago, I collaborated with my cousin on a book that explored how the sexual abuse she suffered as a child had “formatted” her adult psychosexuality. Working with her on the book was a riveting, discomfiting experience, and I thought it had satiated my desire to explore these dark waters. However, a few years ago, when my marriage had reached an emotional impasse, I felt the need to explore my own subtle (not so subtle?) masochism.

    This book-length investigation took the

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