The Starter Marriage and the Future of MatrimonyBy: Pamela Paul A pioneering look at first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, Pauls book will be a lesson to those contemplating marriage and a comfort to those who falter (The Economist). What is it about marriage that makes todays twenty and thirtysomethings want it so badly? And why do so many of their marriages, despite high hopes and desires, end in divorce? Nobody goes into a starter marriage expecting to divorce