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aashkevr's review
3.0
This was a beautiful book, picked up on a whim while shelving at the library.
A collection of ten short scenarios that span years in the lives of a middle class couple, dealing with issues of mundane and intense importance. Two focus on choosing a vacation hotspot, one on the decision to have children, another on what color to paint the bathroom and still others on sexual positions and disagreements over possible pets.
The books is simple and yet so rich. The reader is privy to the little things that niggle and slowly wear down a relationship. The vignettes ring surprisingly true, and the book, while at times humorous, also produces a slight ache in the reader - this is what the death of love feels like. This is how passion expires. This is the part of ever after that rots in little disagreements, storms into the other room, slams doors, seethes and sulks.
Definitely worth reading.
A collection of ten short scenarios that span years in the lives of a middle class couple, dealing with issues of mundane and intense importance. Two focus on choosing a vacation hotspot, one on the decision to have children, another on what color to paint the bathroom and still others on sexual positions and disagreements over possible pets.
The books is simple and yet so rich. The reader is privy to the little things that niggle and slowly wear down a relationship. The vignettes ring surprisingly true, and the book, while at times humorous, also produces a slight ache in the reader - this is what the death of love feels like. This is how passion expires. This is the part of ever after that rots in little disagreements, storms into the other room, slams doors, seethes and sulks.
Definitely worth reading.
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