The Marriage Gap Year

By Yannick Thoraval

Marriage is all fun and games until your wife wants a YEAR apart...

During a cringey visit to IKEA, the store where relationships go to die, Emma finally blurts out to Rob that she is no longer happy in their 26-year marriage. It's been decades of stagnation, boredom, frustration.

Emma is desperate to get more out of life. She wants more meaningful work, connections, thrills, joy - and more passionate sex. It's been ages.

Rob knows their marriage isn't perfect, but it's good enough...isn't it? He's loyal, solid, a good provider. He's been there for her. What more does she want, anyway?

As a last-ditch effort to salvage their sanity and maybe, just maybe, come back together happier, Emma suggests taking a Marriage Gap Year. Time apart, no calls, no texts. This feisty communications manager wants the comms switched off between them for the next 12 months.

As Rob and Emma embark on their Gap Year, the sparkling Instagram-perfect expectations Emma envisioned don't quite match the reality. But the more time they spend apart, the more Rob and Emma both begin to remember who they were before the kids, the jobs, and their endless responsibilities.

Will their marriage survive a year apart?

Find out in this sparkling novel set in bustling Melbourne and the sparkling beaches of San Remo, where love, friendship, and the search for happiness collide.

If you loved books like 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' and 'The Unhoneymooners', you won't want to miss this heartwarming, hilarious, and thought-provoking read.

This romantic comedy keeps the reader guessing to the end.

A funny, sexy exploration of modern marriage, feminism, masculinity, work cultures and contemporary mores.

This lusty romantic dramedy explores the ennui of modern marriage, the depth of friendships, and to what extent we are willing to run away in order to come back to the people we love.

It's Sex and The City meets Eat Pray Love meets Grand Designs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1763531414
• ISBN13: 9781763531413
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Further Publishing
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"