From the author of Forever, Interrupted—hailed by Sarah Jio as “moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching”—comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both.
When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a ...
From the author of Forever, Interrupted—hailed by Sarah Jio as “moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching”—comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both.
When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.
Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for?
This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game—and searching for a new road to happily ever after.
作者简介
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Taylor Jenkins Reid is an author and essayist from Acton, Massachusetts. Her first novel, Forever, Interrupted, was named one of the "11 Debuts We Love" by Kirkus Reviews. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Alex, and their dog, Rabbit. You can follow her on Twitter @tjenkinsreid.
There are two types of people in this world. There is the type of person who, when faced with this predicament, takes down the number but never calls, already assuming the answer is no. And there is the type of person who takes down the number and calls anyway, hoping for a miracle. Sometimes those people end up in the same place. Sometimes the person who calls ends up ahead. (查看原文)
Just b/c you can live without someone doesn’t mean you want to. / It doesn’t matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. What matters is that when you need someone, they are t...Just b/c you can live without someone doesn’t mean you want to. / It doesn’t matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. What matters is that when you need someone, they are the one you need. Needing someone isn’t about not being able to do it without them. Needing someone is about it being easier if they are by your side.(展开)
0 有用 enuj 2023-02-16 15:24:47 福建
I don’t wanna talk abt it.
0 有用 老十八椒🌶 2022-08-31 18:26:30 新西兰
丝丝顺滑
0 有用 乐小乐乐乐 2022-08-06 14:49:15
Splitting up doesn't mean a failure in marriage. That's just life. 而且，想要什么得说出来，不能指望对方猜
0 有用 驴开心 2024-06-09 08:30:53 美国
Just b/c you can live without someone doesn’t mean you want to. / It doesn’t matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. What matters is that when you need someone, they are t... Just b/c you can live without someone doesn’t mean you want to. / It doesn’t matter if you need someone during the everyday moments of your life. What matters is that when you need someone, they are the one you need. Needing someone isn’t about not being able to do it without them. Needing someone is about it being easier if they are by your side. (展开)
0 有用 koducko 2024-04-03 21:08:20 北京
TJR第四本，早期作品check check