... Adventures in Modern Marriage.
Out next month, William Nicholson's latest novel is set over the week leading up to the 2015 General Election, and revisits the characters from The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life*.
"Focusing on Henry and Laura Broad and their daughter Carrie, this is a minute - but in true Nicholson style, extraordinarily empathetic - dissection of relationships and what keeps them going. It is an acute and compassionate look at male mid-life crises, female sexual desire, death and the fear of it, children and the trouble with them - all the things we battle with every day."
"Marriage is a useful arrangement for having children, it has all sorts of economic advantages, but once the children have grown up and left home, and the mortgage has been paid off, what's left? I take the view that our time of life is a time of reinvention. The hard slog is over. We can be young again."
I shall add this to my 'to be read' list. On a cold day there is nothing quite like curling up with a good book with a cup of tea close by. Thank you for all your blog entries, through which I have discovered many new authors and ideas to think about.
A Merry Christmas to you and yours, with many wishes for a prosperous and a very Happy New Year to you and yours. . It's amazing how quickly the years have flown by and here we are about to start 2017!!
Posted by: Anji | 18 December 2016 at 08:19 PM
Certainly looking forward to this, William Nicholson is great weekend reading. I 'discovered' him thanks to your blog posts!
Posted by: Fran H-B | 21 December 2016 at 09:02 AM