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2000s: If your husband is on a break from your marriage, aren’t you?
The Break
What you need to know before your trail
Amy’s husband Hugh says he isn’t leaving her.
He still loves her, he’s just taking a break – from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together. Six months to lose himself in south-east Asia. And there is nothing Amy can say or do about it.
Yes, it’s a mid-life crisis, but let’s be clear: a break isn’t a break up – yet . . .
However, for Amy it’s enough to send her – along with her extended family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers – teetering over the edge.
For a lot can happen in six-months. When Hugh returns if he returns, will he be the same man she married? Will Amy be the same woman?
Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then isn’t she?
Travel Guide
Dublin
Not a strong sense of place, but the setting is definately Marian Keyes’ Ireland. The real setting is a family’s inner turmoil – the fact that women in Ireland still can’t choose abortion. Keyes has always been an advocate for freedom of choice and her comments on the Eighth Amendment and its impact are clear to see,
This is a book about Irish women, an Irish family and an Irish will of steel
Shankill
A suburb of Dublin where Amy’s parents live in some grand gothic house – a ramshackle Victorian house which holds fond memories. It’s a way of reconnecting with her past, with her stability as her marriage crumbles. Meanwhile her husband flies out to Dublin to Dubai to Bankgok…..
Dublin will always be her home – whether it be Dundrum or in the centre but she also flies to other places in a search for herself – Belgrade, London and more
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Break
Destination: Dublin Author/Guide: Marian Keyes Departure Time: 2000s
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