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How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
What would you do if your spouse came to you and said, "I want a divorce, I'm in love with someone else"? This memoir shows what Harrison Scott Key did when it happened to him.
In one day, his whole perception of his life changed and he had to change along with it to be able to navigate what lay ahead.
Told with humor, heart, and a whole ton of vulnerability, this memoir will entertain you while also helping you examine your own motivations and beliefs.
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Harrison Scott Key doesn't pull any punches. And that includes punching himself. As he tells the story of his marriage and the bombs that threatened time and time again to implode the whole thing, he gives an honest examination of his exploration of what it means to be a good husband, father, and human.
He pours his unfettered emotions onto the page, processing God, love, community, and living an honest life. Not externally honest per se, but internally true to one's self.
There were many times listening to this audiobook that I thought, how gutsy to share that. And really, this whole book is a beautiful display of vulnerability paired with the most lovely prose. A true southern gem of a writer, I will be going and reading his backlist because I need more of his writing in my life.
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Content Warning: This book discusses an affair, as well as married sex. Nothing is graphic. Child abuse, as well as child abandonment, miscarriage, and cancer are also referenced.
In one day, his whole perception of his life changed and he had to change along with it to be able to navigate what lay ahead.
Told with humor, heart, and a whole ton of vulnerability, this memoir will entertain you while also helping you examine your own motivations and beliefs.
_____
Harrison Scott Key doesn't pull any punches. And that includes punching himself. As he tells the story of his marriage and the bombs that threatened time and time again to implode the whole thing, he gives an honest examination of his exploration of what it means to be a good husband, father, and human.
He pours his unfettered emotions onto the page, processing God, love, community, and living an honest life. Not externally honest per se, but internally true to one's self.
There were many times listening to this audiobook that I thought, how gutsy to share that. And really, this whole book is a beautiful display of vulnerability paired with the most lovely prose. A true southern gem of a writer, I will be going and reading his backlist because I need more of his writing in my life.
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Content Warning: This book discusses an affair, as well as married sex. Nothing is graphic. Child abuse, as well as child abandonment, miscarriage, and cancer are also referenced.