Gay couples getting hitched are older than straight ones: men are 43 on average and women 41, compared with 36 and 34 among straight couples (including those remarrying).
He has also taken the trouble to endear himself to the Vatican (and to the Christian Democratic group within the government coalition) by these days going more often to mass and by remarrying, in church, his strong-minded journalist wife.
While both authors try to convey the rather tattered lesson that money can't buy happiness, the protagonists of both books end up proving the opposite--finding bliss by remarrying rich guys and living the high life to which they've become accustomed.
"In the United States, they say unmarried women want a Vera Wang gown, divorced women miss their Vera Wang gown, women remarrying are glad they can have a Vera Wang gown, " wrote user Wumei120 on the popular Sina Weibo microblogging platform.