Before You Marry is a work of fiction. But the wisdom it contains is drawn from the real stories of real couples who have sat on real couches in real therapists' offices, asking the same questions, fighting the same fights, learning the same lessons. The names and circumstances have been changed. But the truth remains. Marriage is not a destination. It is a becoming. And the couples who make it are not the ones who never break. They are the ones who learn to repair. To choose each other. To begin again. Every day. For a lifetime.