As a Christian, wife, and a mother, Ethel Waters Walters believed in the sanction of marriage and family. What Is Marriage, this book looks at the foundations and issues that holds a marriage and families together. In the beginning of the book, it will introduce you to two people making a decision on getting married and what is expected in the marriage and how marriage has changed over time. This book will provide the readers on her perspective the history of marriage around the world and how society has changed over the years. Her beliefs in God is what holds her marriage and family together today. She quotes, "A family that prays together stays together." Happiness in the family is illustrated in the following stories.