"Isn't the ability to build relationships one of the most powerful elements of our existence?

It seems we are made to exist, to suffer or to find joy through relationships. To yearn for connection with ourselves, with others, with God. Thus, marriage, this dominant relationship in the structure of our society, is a mirror of who we are, of what we desire. And while it can be the source of our joy, it can also, at another moment, be exactly the opposite."

From the back cover of the book

Where does the institution of marriage and family stand today? This important book, which is being re-released with a renewed cover, several years after its first successful edition, gathers significant spiritual figures who each place their own piece in the colorful mosaic of human relationships.

Their search joins ours in the anguish of the modern person to approach themselves and others in ways that differ from those they inherited.