The Break
by:
Marian Keyes (author)
At 44 Amy O'Connell thinks she's seen, heard or done it all. Until her husband Hugh announces he needs a break - from her. He is going backpacking for six months round Asia where he can do what he wants - and this is the scary bit - with anyone he wants. 'WTAF?' thinks Amy. What's she to do?...
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At 44 Amy O'Connell thinks she's seen, heard or done it all. Until her husband Hugh announces he needs a break - from her. He is going backpacking for six months round Asia where he can do what he wants - and this is the scary bit - with anyone he wants.
'WTAF?' thinks Amy. What's she to do? Stay loyal to disloyal Hugh? Allow her ex-husband back into her life? Run away herself? And what about the children? A lot can happen in six months, will Hugh return as the same man? And will she still be the same woman there waiting for him?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780718179724 (0718179722)
Publish date: 2017-10-24
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
I read this during November when I was doing Nanowrimo (national novel writing month) because I’d heard from various sources that it tackled some of the issues I was writing about. It did tackle those issues, but not deeply and not until quite a way through. The story revolves around Amy whose hus...
What do you do when your husband, out of the blue, announces that he is taking a 6 month break from his life with freedom to go where he wants and do what he wants? This is Amy’s dilemma. I would have really liked this book, but it was way, way too long, so much so that anything and everything to do...
This long novel deal with Amy, a 40ish PR expert, living in Dublin with her husband and her three children. When her husband, Hugh, decides to take off for six months, their lives change dramatically. With a fair amount of first-person narrated introspection, the novel moves along quite well with ...
With thanks to Netgalley and Penguin books for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review. I was so excited when I realised Marian Keyes had written a new book. I devoured chic lit books in my twenties, but as I got older I lost interest in the genre. Now I am older, Marian keyes is one ...
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