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Please Excuse All Mistakes: Letter-writing, Shame, And Social Connection -- Working-class Americans Choose A Mate: Nonromantic Courtship And Tribal Intimacy -- The Love Continuum: Understanding Romantic And Nonromantic Attachment -- Sex Talk, Humor, And Fear Of Ridicule: Desire And Self-protection -- Love To All Inquiring Friends: Sustaining Communal Ties In Nonromantic Marriage -- Fighting To Stay Together: Unhappy Spouses And Their Struggles -- Roses Are Red/violets Are Blue: Emotional History In Rhyme -- Imagining The Eternal Village: Death, Longing, And Loss. Karen Lystra. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.