THE MARRIAGE GAP YEAR is both a funny and poignant story about a couple who has been together well over twenty years taking a year off from their marriage for the chance for Emma to connect back to herself and her freedom and to gain clarity of what she wants and whether that includes her husband or not. This book felt very real and relatable and I'm not even married. I enjoyed the humor but also the serious reflection and portrayal of what it means to be human.

Thank you to Further Publishing and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

I just finished The Marriage Gap Year. I can’t say enough good things about this book. It was funny and heartwarming and I loved it!

This was a page turner for me and I finished it in one sitting. Watching this couple struggle after decades of marriage is easily relatable to those that have been in long term relationships. We see how each handles their year apart, how they evolve slowly. It has some some funny parts but there are a lot of hard topics sprinkled throughout, including alcoholism and drug abuse. Definitely not a lighthearted read and the label dramedy is fitting.

I was given a copy by the publisher via NetGalley (thank you!) and all opinions are my own.

Such a lovely story about a couple who have lived so many years as a couple, raised a son, and now are just kind of stuck in a weird place in life and in their relationship. The wife proposes a year off of their relationship, the husband doesn’t want this but agrees. First off I wouldn’t be able to handle this if my partner wanted this so I think seeing how this played out was really important for me to see and relate to some of the things they were going through.