About the Book Written with charm and wit, No Cheating, No Dying investigates one of the most universal human institutions--marriage. In this book, Weil examines the major universal marriage issues--sex, money, mental health, in-laws, children--through bravely recounting her own hilarious, messy, and sometimes difficult relationship. Book Synopsis Written with charm and wit, No Cheating, No Dying investigates one of the most universal human institutions--marriage. Elizabeth Weil and her husband Dan have two basic ground rules for their marriage: no cheating, no dying. For ten years its worked fine, but Elizabeth started to wonder if it could be better. Elizabeth Weil believes that you dont get married in a white dress, in front of all your future in-laws and ex-boyfriends but gradually, over time, through all the road rage incidents and pre-colonoscopy enemas, good and bad dinners, and all the small moments you never expected to happen or much less endure. In this book, Weil examines the major universal marriage issues--sex, money, mental health, in-laws, children--through bravely recounting her own hilarious, messy, and sometimes difficult relationship. She seeks out the advice of financial planners, psychoanalysts, therapists, household management consultants, priests, rabbis, and the United States government. Woven into this funny and forthright narrative is Weils extensive research on marriage and marriage improvement. The result is an illuminating and entertaining read that is a fresh addition to the body of literature about marriage. Review Quotes Marriage is a legal bond, a love affair, a trap, a safety net, a financial partnership. In her wise, charming, and dizzyingly forthright new book, Elizabeth Weil examines this mercurial institution. And she does it the hard way--by taking a long look at her own marriage. Her courage is our boon: No Cheating, No Dying is an utterly necessary, compulsively readable depiction of the way married people live now. --Claire Dederer, author of Poser Marriage is complicated and Elizabeth Weils is no exception: Loving, overall happy, but complicated. But her openness about this and pledge to improve the relationship makes for a wonderfully compelling and inspiring memoir. The book will provide many insights to anyone who is married, considering marriage -- or hellbent on avoiding it. -A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy This is such a smart and rich and insightful book (sometimes painfully funny, other times funnily painful) about what it really takes to keep the turbines of modern marriage going. Reading this memoir, I found myself rooting not only for Liz and Dan, but for all of us -- all married couples whove been humbled by life and stress, but who keep struggling and striving, year after year, to somehow keep it together. --Elizabeth Gilbert Marriage is complicated andElizabeth Weils is no exception: Loving, overall happy, but complicated. But her openness about this and pledge to improve the relationship makes for a wonderfully compelling and inspiring memoir. The book will provide many insights to anyone who is married, considering marriage -- or hellbent on avoiding it. A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy Weil approaches this creative act with unfaltering self awareness, and this is what makes her pursuit so successful and readable. Indeed, the author s own surprise at what she finds when rooting around the depths of her union translates to moments of unanticipated beauty on the printed page. -Booklist Marriage is a legal bond, a love affair, a trap, a safety net, a financial partnership. In her wise, charming, and dizzyingly forthright new book, Elizabeth Weil examines this mercurial institution. And she does it the hard way--by taking a long look at her own marriage. Her courage is our boon: No Cheating, No Dying is an utterly necessary, compulsively readable depiction of the way married people live now. --Claire Dederer, author of Poser Part experiment, part memoir told with candor and grace. . . . -- New Jersey Star Ledger A whip smart and contagiously humorous attempt to address the eternal conundrum of domestic ennui and its discontents. --Elle An engaging, often funny and heartfelt memoir about the not-so-romantic realities that can follow I do. -- Tampa Bay Times Ever wish you had a really articulate, thoughtful friend who had the guts to tell you every important and ridiculous thing about her marriage? Allow me to introduce you to the wise and generous Elizabeth Weil. Youll love her. Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author of The Middle Place and Lift Quite wonderful . . . an astonishingly intimate, hilariously self-deprecating, vibrant and thoroughly modern memoir. -- San Francisco Chronicle The story of their marriage-improvement journey is both hilarious and insightful. -- The New York Times Book Review Weil has a voice that charms, full of wit, intelligence and compassion. -- O, The Oprah Magazine Witty, honest . . . -- People An engaging, often funny and heartfelt memoir about the not-so-romantic realities that can follow I do. -- Tampa Bay Times Part experiment, part memoir -- told with candor and grace. . . . -- New Jersey Star Ledger Quite wonderful . . . an astonishingly intimate, hilariously self-deprecating, vibrant and thoroughly modern memoir. -- San Francisco Chronicle The story of their marriage-improvement journey is both hilarious and insightful. -- The New York Times Book Review Weil has a voice that charms, full of wit, intelligence and compassion. -- O, The Oprah Magazine What ultimately makes No Cheating, No Dying such a thrilling read is the way Weil fiercely includes the reader in the secret life of her marriage. -- Knoxville MetroPulse Witty, honest . . . -- People A whip smart and contagiously humorous attempt to address the eternal conundrum of domestic ennui and its discontents. --Elle Weil approaches this creative act with unfaltering self awareness, and this is what makes her pursuit so successful and readable. Indeed, the authors own surprise at what she finds when rooting around the depths of her union translates to moments of unanticipated beauty on the printed page. -Booklist Marriage is a legal bond, a love affair, a trap, a safety net, a financial partnership. In her wise, charming, and dizzyingly forthright new book, Elizabeth Weil examines this mercurial institution. And she does it the hard way--by taking a long look at her own marriage. Her courage is our boon: No Cheating, No Dying is an utterly necessary, compulsively readable depiction of the way married people live now. --Claire Dederer, author of Poser Ever wish you had a really articulate, thoughtful friend who had the guts to tell you every important and ridiculous thing about her marriage? Allow me to introduce you to the wise and generous Elizabeth Weil. Youll love her. --Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author of The Middle Place and Lift About the Author Elizabeth Weil is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, a platform she frequently uses to explore the pressing issues in her life. She has also published numerous personal essays in Vogue, Real Simple, Glamour, and other magazines.