Pamela Druckerman

An Impromptu Experiment in Social Democracy

I hadn’t planned on joining my mother’s Icelandic excursion. But when she broke her hip and I had to, I thought we might both learn from the public health-care experience.

The Consolations of Philosophy

My philosopher-therapist thought the ancient Greeks could lead me to the happy state of eudaimonia—literally, having good demons. But would mine play along?

Pandemic Marriage, Ménage, & Me

As the virus spread through Europe and the US—and we, too, were herded into an at-home lockdown in Paris—all those Chinese divorces suddenly seemed like a warning. What would happen when we were cooped up together for months?