Tied up in knots: how getting what we wanted made women miserable

Part I: The way we are. Tied up in knots ; Twisted sisters ; Wound too tight ; On tying the knot ; The kindest cut

Part II: The unmaking of Americans. Webs of emotion ; Beautiful or knot? ; Knots of intimacy ; Fifty states of grey ; Above the fray ; The great American unraveling

Acknowledgments.