From bestselling author Holly Wainwright, I Give My Marriage a Year paints a sharply accurate, often hilarious picture of a modern 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?
'This book will have you nodding, laughing and crying' — Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of Darling Girls
One year. Twelve tests. A lifetime of secrets.
How far would you go to save your marriage when it feels like you’re living with a stranger?
Lou and Josh have the house, the kids, and a thousand shared memories. But Lou is drowning under the invisible weight of a marriage on autopilot.
After a disastrous family Christmas, she reaches a terrifying breaking point. She isn’t ready to leave; but she can’t stay like this.
In a final bid to save her family, Lou sets an ultimatum: one year, twelve tests.
From enforced intimacy to brutal honesty, this is a rescue mission to find the man she married. But as the tests push them to the edge, the life they’ve built begins to truly unravel.
PRAISE FOR I GIVE MY MARRIAGE A YEAR
'A sharply written, funny and poignant portrait of a marriage' — Sunday Mail
'The most insightful novel on marriage I've ever read. I can't stop thinking about it' — Mia Freedman, author of Strife
'Another clever offering from Holly Wainwright' – Daily Telegraph