![]() Clare and Henry attempt to live normal lives, pursuing familiar goals-steady jobs, good friends, children of their own. “ The Time Traveler’s Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare’s marriage and their passionate love for each other as the story unfolds from both points of view. A deft exploration of love, loyalty, race, justice, and both Black masculinity and Black womanhood in 21st century America.” The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. “Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. Soon drawn into a maelstrom of publicity fueled by rumors that Jack led a secret life, Kathryn sets out to learn who her husband really was, whatever that knowledge might cost.” An American Marriage by Tayari Jones “When Kathryn Lyons receives word that a plane flown by her husband, Jack, has exploded near the coast of Ireland, she confronts the unfathomable-one startling revelation at a time. “Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance a former student who has lost the will to live Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.” The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years.” ![]() And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. An Excess Male is one such leftover man’s quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritarian measures, reinvigorated Communist ideals, and social engineering.” Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff By the year 2030, more than twenty-five percent of men in their late thirties will not have a family of their own. China’s One Child Policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by 40 million unmarriageable men. “Under the One Child Policy, everyone plotted to have a son. Is she willing to walk away from all that she values about her parents and community to live in a new truth?” An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King But when Lucky’s grandmother has a nasty fall, Lucky returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly reconnects with her former best friend and first lover, Nisha. ![]() They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankan–American families, while each dates on the side. ![]() “Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. But Jack doesn’t leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case – as well as her crumbling marriage – tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page.” Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. But Fiona’s professional success belies domestic strife. “Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court.
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