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Pamela Druckerman

Pamela Druckerman is a contributing writer to The Economist’s 1843 magazine and New York Times Opinion, and the author of Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (2012). (May 2020)

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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?

December 31, 2020

Detail from Simone Martini’s Blessed Agostino Novello altarpiece, 1325–1328

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?

May 12, 2020

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