First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways its important that first marriages go wrong. Thats how we learn the truth about ourselves.

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J.G. Ballard was a 20th-century English writer. James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. Ballard first became associated with New Wave science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962). Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Marriage — Partnership, commitment, and the journey of shared life

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