The Greatest Generation by Brokaw Tom

The Greatest Generation by Brokaw Tom

Author:Brokaw, Tom [Brokaw, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780375504624
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2000-02-23T06:00:00+00:00


LOVE, MARRIAGE, AND COMMITMENT

The World War II generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility, and the marriage vow: “For better or for worse . . .” It was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option. I can’t remember one of my parents’ friends who was divorced. In the communities where we lived it was treated as a minor scandal. My age group, which preceded the Baby Boomers, retained that attitude, but it did begin to unravel. At my fortieth high school reunion, second marriages were not unusual and there were a number of third marriages.



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