Marriage as a Masterpiece

In our products as in our relationships, there is a dearth of craftsmanship.

I read an essay last year, and I’m still not sure if the author, a woman named Grazie Sophia Christie, is doing satire or memoir:

When I was 20 and a junior at Harvard College, a series of great ironies began to mock me. I could study all I wanted, prove myself as exceptional as I liked, and still my fiercest advantage remained so universal it deflated m…