My rating: 4 of 5 stars
After reading A Changing Marriage by Susan Kietzman, I can't stop myself from quoting Mignon McLaughlin's famous words about "marriage", who was an American journalist and author.
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
Hopefully if Karen Spears and Bob Parsons had followed this quote blindly, then their marriage wouldn't have been called A Changing Marriage in Susan Kietzman's new book.
Synopsis:
Karen Spears and Bob Parsons fell in love in the first time when they were in college and soon they become the most happening and most envious couple in the whole campus due to their honesty and true love for each other. Bob proposed on his very last year in the college and thus after Karen's graduation they get married in their hometown and began their new life together. However after the birth of their two children and Bob's constant urge to climb the corporate ladder made them drift apart from each other. And eventually they forgot about all the vows they had written down for each other on their marriage day, and finally they forgot to love each other at all. Read this book for sure to find out how they survive in their failing marriage or whether they survive it at all.
According to statistics, there is one divorce in every 10 minutes! Now I'll not start judging the why’s and how’s behind those divorces, since I'm no expert, moreover, I'm not even married, so I can't say a thing. But this is not about only marriage; it's mainly about any relationship. All, I can say that after reading this book what I learnt is that we need to trust and forgive each other more and more. And it's the sole responsibility of the wife/woman in that relationship to hold the gravity between her husband/man.
What I felt about the book is I'm sure that anyone whoever reads this book even for once will bound to see the goodness and the effects after reading this book. And that's probably is the reason why I love to read this kind of book which makes you see things with a changed perspective. The author has not only made us belief that how it's the responsibility of a couple to make things work in their marriage, but also shown us how to lead life with happiness, kindness, joy unless they are shared with the loved ones. This is a book about relationships of all kinds- between lovers, between parents, between children and parents, between friends.
This is not the first time I'm reading any Susan's book, I read The Good Life which was equally compelling like this book. From the very beginning I found myself feeling gripped to the very core of this tale, which is written compassionately. The flow of narration is smooth and perfect with the portrayal of realistic characters that will make you more connected to the story. The author has handled the fading chemistry between Karen and Bob with such brilliancy and moreover, while reading this tale you'll feel that this kind of stuff and this kind of negative thoughts often come into our mind. From falling in love to proposing to getting settled to having second thoughts to falling apart- every fold of a typical marriage is quite striking described by the author. Because of its realistic edge, the book is an instant page-turner with its engrossing plot.
It's a must-read book for everyone and in one word- simply heart-breaking and thoroughly charming.
Courtesy:
Thanks to the author, Susan Kietzman, for giving me this opportunity to read and review her book.
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Author Info:
Although The Good Life is Susan Kietzman’s first novel, she has been writing fiction for years, fitting it in and around raising her children, working various jobs, and enjoying life. When her boys were young, she wrote early in the morning. And she still does, although she allows more time for fiction now that the boys are mostly elsewhere. She graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. in English and from Boston University with an M.S. in journalism. She has written for magazines, newspapers, and corporate websites, and taught English composition as an adjunct instructor at two community colleges. When she is not writing at home, she is writing grant proposals for Mystic Seaport Museum. And when she is not writing she enjoys the outdoors, mostly by hiking, biking, and walking, and reading in her living room in front of a fire.
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