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Sinead Moriarty

Three couples. One therapist's couch ...

Alice and Niall used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. Now they're no longer on the same page or even reading from the same book.

Ann thought when she and Ken retired, it would be their second spring. Instead, it feels more like an icy winter.

Orla is falling in love with boyfriend Paul, but her complicated past makes her unsure if she can ever be intimate with anyone.

Three couples find themselves telling a stranger about the most private part of their lives - their hopes, their disappointments, their awkward realisations.

Can they learn to be honest with each other? And what life-changing decisions will be made when they do?

Sinead Moriarty is the number one bestselling author of 15, widely translated, novels published by Penguin Random house. She is also a books ambassador, newspaper columnist, and a former board member of the Arts Council. Her books have been translated into 25 languages.

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Book Published 2021-07-15 by Sandycove/Penguin

Comments

A tender exploration of love in all its forms. I cried and I laughed as I was caught up in the pains, joys, and disappointments of the main characters. I loved the three women who each face a crisis at differing stages of their lives. I loved the way the jigsaws of their lives sometimes seemed to have lost a piece. I loved the way heartache turned to humour on a pinhead.

Shines a light between the sheets of marriage beds, and into the psyche of tired relationships. All done with a wicked sense of humour and characters that leap to life, I loved this

Funny, tender and hopeful... will keep book clubs talking late into the night!

"Oh, what a play this book would make! Three couples, one sofa and characters that leap off the page, grab you by the scruff of the neck and don't let go. It's not an exaggeration to say that I put my whole life on hold when I started into it on the surface such a simple story and yet in Sinéad Moriarty's hands, it's masterly. She really is THE most gifted writer.

Such a joy to read... a brilliant book.

Fabulous... at times laugh-out-loud funny but always gut wrenchingly honest. Prepare to lose a day of your life.

A deeply touching exploration of some of the messier realities of relationships, peppered with Sinéad Moriarty's trademark warmth and humour - this gorgeous story truly was the perfect escape from day-to-day life!

'Moriarty has perfected the fine dance between light and shade, turning some of the most substantial and challenging of life's realities into compelling, companionable reads.

Complex characters who inhabit lives so similar to our own that their stories provide not only escapism, but also the unexpected comfort and reassurance of very real shared experience. A wonderful read that borders on therapy.

A charming, laugh-out-loud read.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021