Book Club: “How to Be Married,” by Jo Piazza

How to Be Married, by Jo Piazza

In ‘How to be Married: What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents about Surviving My First (Really Hard) Year of Marriage‘ Jo Piazza looks into marriages around the world whole embarking on her own adventure – becoming a newlywed.

She manages to tell her own story while gleaning information from the men and women she met. From a jungle sweat lodge to to the top of a mountain if anyone can say they’ve gone to the ends of the Earth for marriage it is she – and we, thankfully, got to tag along for the journey!

A non-fiction pick that reads like a heart to heart with a dear friend. I highly recommend it!

5 Things to Know About Jo Piazza and How to Be Married

After her study of marriages around the world, she finds “The most successful marriages…and some of the highest satisfaction rates for marriage are with arranged marriage, and there’s a reason for that. The reason is that when your family is arranging a marriage, they are looking out for those things instead of just passion. They’re looking out for the things that make a marriage last in the long term.” (source)
While writing she listens to a mixture of sixties French pop with eighties American hair bands. (source)
As a professional traveler, it is surprising to know Jo did not even have a passport until she went to college. (source)
Fun Fact: Her favorite celebrity is Meryl Streep. “I’m obsessed with every movie she has ever done and she once signed a note for my mom.” (source)
At one of her book readings she invited several of her single exes & husband to ask any three-questions they wished. (source)