My Marriage Sabbatical
A Memoir of Solo Travel and Lasting Love
by Leah Fisher
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Pub Date Jan 07 2025 | Archive Date Nov 08 2024
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Description
Fisher takes readers on two journeys: an intriguing global journey—her year of solo travel, adventure, mishaps, volunteering, and friendship—and the relational journey she and her husband embark upon as they skillfully negotiate their different priorities and preferences. We accompany them through a series of reunions and poignant farewells as they stay connected and gradually grow comfortable being together and apart. After the marriage sabbatical is over, both spouses are surprised by the outcome of their daring experiment.
With gray divorce on the rise, Leah Fisher’s memoir demonstrates a creative way to fulfill individual needs without having to make the painful choice between forfeiting heartfelt dreams or leaving one’s marriage to achieve them. A riveting travel story that offers wise guidance on maintaining marital friendship, My Marriage Sabbatical is proof that couples can keep growing as individuals and partners all through their lives.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“Long a trusted source for the media on sustaining a successful marriage, Leah Fisher now brings us a kind of Eat, Pray, Love for the faithfully married set. This book is a feast of wisdom for anyone struggling to balance midlife self-expression with marital commitment, and it is essential reading for spouses considering a breakup as balm for a restless soul. Leah not only knows how to counsel couples on marriage—she demonstrates firsthand what it takes to sustain a vibrant, lifelong union.”
—SUE SHELLENBARGER, former Work & Family columnist for The Wall Street Journal
“A marriage sabbatical! What a brilliant idea! With courage, good-will, psychological know-how and a golden, wide-open heart, psychotherapist Leah Fisher dared to propose, negotiate, and carry out a year off from her thirty-year marriage, and managed to enrich herself, her marriage, and the people she met in her travels. Readers will be captivated by this bold, original, audacious experiment, colorfully described with zest, a shrewd observing eye, and breathtaking honesty.” —JUDITH VIORST, author of Necessary Losses and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
“ . . . beautifully written. My Marriage Sabbatical has much to teach us about the challenging but rewarding opportunities for partners to follow their independent dreams within long-term marriages.” —CAROLYN AND PHILIP COWAN, directors of the Becoming a Family Project and authors of When Partners Become Parents
“With the insights of a longtime couples therapist, the exuberance of a woman in her sixties pursuing her path, and the sensitivity of a wife committed to her marriage, Leah Fisher inspires us by sharing her solo adventures during a grown-up gap year. In Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Colombia, and Cuba, Fisher combines community service with exploring new cultures and making friends of all ages. This book is a dynamic blueprint for readers ready to address their own heartfelt desires.” —ELIZABETH FISHEL, author of The Men in Our Lives and Getting to 30: A Parent’s Guide to the 20-Something Years
“ . . . a book that will touch your heart, open your eyes, and excite your imagination. Her journey is one that many women would love to take. She and her husband reach an agreement that brings a deeply meaningful dream to life. Read this book; you may discover a dream of your own!”
—LYNNE TWIST, cofounder of the Pachamama Alliance and author of The Soul of Money and Living a Committed Life
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781647427344 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
