The concept of mail-order brides is something of a mystery to most of us. A product fiction of days gone by that no longer exists in our modern world. For some, though, it’s their reality. In fact, ...

In Maria Reva’s captivating novel Endling, the mail order bride trope intertwines with themes of survival, war, and environmental peril in contemporary Ukraine. This story follows three resilient ...

Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term "mail-order bride" was treated as a punch line—something outdated, ...