unmarried couples

"Former bull-riding champion Luke and college student Sophia are in love, but conflicting paths and ideals threaten to tear them apart: Luke hopes to make a comeback on the rodeo circuit, and Sophia is about to embark on her dream job in New York's art world. As the couple ponder their romantic future, they find inspiration in Ira, an elderly man whose decades-long romance with his beloved wife withstood the test of time"--Amazon.

Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but he is rebuffed, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society.

A guide for teenagers who are married or living with a partner.

Includes a wide range of opinions surrounding issues concerning divorce and children.

Injured in a car accident, ninety-one-year old Ira Levinson experiences visions of his dead wife, Ruth, who helps him hang on by reminiscing about their life together. Meanwhile, Wake Forest University senior Sophia meets and begins to fall in love with a local cowboy named Luke, and as they grow closer, their story converges with that of Ira and Ruth in unexpected ways.

Two couples converge, one half of an elderly couple, and two young people, and find that their lives will never be the same after their interaction with each other.

The story of two couples whose parallel love stories intersect in profound and interesting ways. Presented in Spanish.

Examines some of the issues facing heterosexual and same-sex couples who live together without the legal protections of marriage; discusses the importance of establishing a binding agreement to protect financial interests, property, and parental rights; and looks at changing laws governing domestic partnerships.

Contains an authoritative text of a poor stone carver, Jude Fawley, who is torn between his dreams of a university education and the desires of his own carnal nature and also includes background information on the novel as well as Hardy's nonfictional writings and poems and comments by critics on his other works.