Secrets of Love and Marriage #13

A captain's wife grows weary of playing second fiddle to the sea—when her husband chooses a shipowners' dinner over a home-cooked evening together, the tension finally snaps, and she leaves him a note before catching a plane to her sister's place. But as Mona discovers at the airport, Captain Slocum's absence from home may mean far more than she realized, and her sister's own experience as a seafaring wife's spouse offers some hard truths about sacrifice and commitment. Will Mona find her way back, or has the distance between them grown too vast to bridge?

Young Alma is struggling to keep her household and marriage together while her mother—and her husband Ted—enable her every misstep, until a hard conversation forces everyone to face what real responsibility actually looks like. Written with letters by typeset, "The Marriage Game" is a sharp-eyed look at how good intentions can become a trap for a young couple still learning how to grow up.

A young woman's devotion to singer Ted Thomas leads her to pursue him at a broadcasting studio, and when they finally meet—thanks to a spilled pen—their connection sparks a whirlwind romance that culminates in secret marriage. As Ted abandons his singing career to chase his dream of playwriting, the marriage is tested by his obsessive work and growing distance, forcing the narrator to reconsider what it truly means to stand by her husband through his struggles. "I Married a Crooner" explores the sacrifices and uncertainties that come with loving an artist, and whether passion alone is enough to sustain a marriage.