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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?
My Thoughts:
I started After I Do and kept putting it down. I did not put it down because I did not want
to read it, I put it down because I wanted to make it last. The characters of Lauren and Ryan I fell in
love with. As they fought for their
marriage I had to cheer them on. I
wanted them both to be happy, but I wanted them to be happy together.
As Taylor Jenkins
Reid introduced the other characters, Leslie, Mila, Charlie and Natalie, and of
course Rachel, I knew that this was a book that I would cherish. I would love to have more books with these
same characters featured. I felt like I was able to relate to the family
dynamic and the friendships they each had.
I was invested in each characters life and happiness.
As with other books by Ms. Reid I will happily recommend
this to my friends and family. This is
a story that has romance, but it is not your normal romance. It is more of a contemporary story.
Praise for
the book:
“Moving, gorgeous and, at times, heart-wrenching. Taylor
Jenkins Reid writes with wit and true emotion that you can feel. Read it, savor
it, share it.” – Sarah Jio, New York Times
bestselling author of The Violets of March
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About the
author:
Taylor Jenkins Reid
is an author and essayist from Acton, Massachusetts. She graduated from Emerson
College with a degree in Media Studies. 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 her dog, Rabbit. Her
forthcoming novel, After I Do, will
be published July 1, 2014.
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