About Jardine Libaire: Jardine Libaire is an American writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is a graduate of Skidmore College and a 1997 graduate of the University of Michigan Creative Writing MFA Program. She was a winner of the Hopwood Award.
In the 18th century, people began to adopt the radical new idea that love should be the most fundamental reason for marriage and that young people should be free to choose their marriage partners independently.