I Give My Marriage a Year

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I Give My Marriage a Year

By: Holly Wainwright

Narrated by: Casey Withoos, Patrick Harvey

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Lou and Josh have been together for 14 years. They share two kids, a mortgage, careers and plenty of history. Now, after a particularly fraught Christmas, Lou is ready to ask herself: is this marriage worth hanging on to?

Every month for a year, Lou sets a different test for their relationship - from daily sex to brutal honesty - to help her decide if she should stay or go. Secrets are exposed, old wounds reopened and a true-to-life suburban love story unfolds.

I Give My Marriage a Year paints a sharply accurate, often hilarious picture of a modern Australian marriage. Lou and Josh are a couple on the edge, and their efforts to bring their relationship back from the brink will resonate with anyone who has ever asked themselves: is this enough?

Whose side will you take? Who deserves a second chance? And will Josh and Lou stay together or split for good?

Family Life

Fiction

Genre Fiction

Marriage

Witty

Critic Reviews

'What we're loving right now...another clever offering from Holly Wainwright.' Daily Telegraph

'Poignant, compelling and full of aha moments, this book will have you nodding, laughing and crying, and most of all, incredibly invested in the outcome.' Sally Hepworth 'If you are looking for a book to escape these troubling times, then Holly Wainwright's I Give My Marriage a Year is just the ticket. It's a sharply written, funny and poignant portrait of marriage, and all the highs and lows that go with it.' Frances Whiting, Sunday Mail

'The most insightful novel on marriage I've ever read. I can't stop thinking about it.' Mia Freedman

Most relevant

whether your marriage has ever been on the rocks or not there is so much to relate to about parenthood, work life juggle, etc.
the author also does a wonderful job of helping what I can only imagine is a predominantly female readership really see and feel what I is like for the male in the story without making him seem weak, stupid or cruel as so many authors can.
I loved this book and it was a great one to listen to!