Molly Roden Winter was a mother of small children with a husband, Stewart, who often worked late. One night when Stewart missed the kids’ bedtime—again—she stormed out of the house to clear her head. At a bar, she met Matt, a flirtatious younger man. When Molly told her husband that Matt had asked her out, she was surprised that Stewart encouraged her to accept.
So began Molly’s unexpected open marriage and, with it, a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Molly signs up for dating sites, enters into passionate flings, and has sex in hotels and public places around New York City. For Molly it’s a mystery why she wants what she wants. In therapy sessions, fueled by the discovery that her parents had an open marriage, too, she grapples with her past and what it means to be a mother and a whole person.
Molly and Stewart, who also begins to see other people, set ground rules: Don’t date an ex. Don’t date someone in the neighborhood. Don’t go to anyone’s home. And above all, don’t fall in love. In the years that follow, they break most of their rules, even the most important one. They grapple with jealousy, insecurity, and doubts, all the while wondering: Can they love others and stay true to their love for each other? Can they make the impossible work?
More is an electric debut that offers both steamy fun and poignant reflections on motherhood, daughterhood, marriage, and self-fulfillment. With warmth, humor, and style, Molly Roden Winter delivers an unputdownable journey of a woman becoming her most authentic self.
0 有用 Jameson 2024-03-19 09:01:20 北京
boring甚至有点pretentious……或许对这个议题有点期待太高,好些地方看得血压飙升,仿佛看了一些写得不怎么hot的ao3文……
0 有用 ZhnWang 2024-02-18 16:59:42 美国
2024.1.26的 the book reviews 请来了作者做了一期节目,介绍了这本书,本着猎奇看了看。不是很好的一次读书体验,如果是更多的心理变化描写而不是那么多具体行为描写,可能更好些,有些流水账。
0 有用 肉汤拌饭吃八碗 2024-03-02 01:24:32 美国
赶时髦看的这本书好火噢,the muddiness of open marriage. 和女性主义一样,开放/多边关系或多元成家都不给关系中的问题提供现成的答案,而更像是一种思考的框架或抓手,但仅仅意识到我们认为的“天然”中有多大社会建构或不公平的成分其实就已经很解放了。
0 有用 susie 2024-04-19 03:14:00 美国
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0 有用 susie 2024-04-19 03:14:00 美国
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0 有用 Jameson 2024-03-19 09:01:20 北京
boring甚至有点pretentious……或许对这个议题有点期待太高,好些地方看得血压飙升,仿佛看了一些写得不怎么hot的ao3文……
0 有用 肉汤拌饭吃八碗 2024-03-02 01:24:32 美国
赶时髦看的这本书好火噢,the muddiness of open marriage. 和女性主义一样,开放/多边关系或多元成家都不给关系中的问题提供现成的答案,而更像是一种思考的框架或抓手,但仅仅意识到我们认为的“天然”中有多大社会建构或不公平的成分其实就已经很解放了。
0 有用 ZhnWang 2024-02-18 16:59:42 美国
2024.1.26的 the book reviews 请来了作者做了一期节目,介绍了这本书,本着猎奇看了看。不是很好的一次读书体验,如果是更多的心理变化描写而不是那么多具体行为描写,可能更好些,有些流水账。