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The Marriage Diaries

A Novel

By Rebecca Campbell

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| Paperback | 9780345485885

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“Brutally honest and wonderfully witty, The Marriage Diaries had me laughing and crying–often at the same time.”
–Gemma Townley, author of Little White Lies


Meet Sean and Celeste–living proof that opposites attract.

Savvy and sophisticated Celeste iContinue

“Brutally honest and wonderfully witty, The Marriage Diaries had me laughing and crying–often at the same time.”
–Gemma Townley, author of Little White Lies


Meet Sean and Celeste–living proof that opposites attract.

Savvy and sophisticated Celeste is a top clothing buyer in London; Sean is a scruffy, eccentric writer turned stay-at-home dad who, courtesy of the couple’s toddler, has mastered the art of changing stinky diapers. Needing to be seen (if only by himself) as more than just a drool-spattered Mr. Mom, Sean begins a hilarious journal detailing the ridiculous, wondrous, and sometimes salacious aspects of being a househusband–including such juicy tidbits as his growing attraction to the beautiful Uma Thursday, a single mother from his son’s play group.

But when Celeste stumbles upon Sean’s secret entries, she’s dismayed to discover she’s opened a Pandora’s box on her marriage. Hardly the kind of girl to take a straying husband lying down, she devises a scheme of her own, and the twin strands of the will-they-won’t-they plot become ever more entangled. Can love trump lust? Can fidelity conquer passion? Or will the destructive forces of untrammeled desire wreck what may just be, for all its faults, the perfect marriage?

With sparkling wit and characters who leap off the page, Rebecca Campbell has crafted a brilliant and utterly winning novel about vows, straying, and finding a way home.

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    If you read this book to page 130 and then put it down it will be one of the best books you read. Celeste stumbles upon her husbands journal and starts reading it, then starts one of her own. It's funny, witty and best of all, such good writing. After that, it takes a turn I don't care for. It's a m ... (continue)

    If you read this book to page 130 and then put it down it will be one of the best books you read. Celeste stumbles upon her husbands journal and starts reading it, then starts one of her own. It's funny, witty and best of all, such good writing. After that, it takes a turn I don't care for. It's a moral dilema I suppose, and it could have went a hundred different ways I would have preferred. All in all, it's a pretty short read and definitely a conversation book.

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    Leahrussell76 said on Mar 7, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • I couldn't put this one down. It was like watching a train wreck! You get two different points of view from a married couple by reading their prospective journals. I loved how real it was. The author pulled no punches and I got to read their innermost thoughts. I didn't know which character I dislik ... (continue)

    I couldn't put this one down. It was like watching a train wreck! You get two different points of view from a married couple by reading their prospective journals. I loved how real it was. The author pulled no punches and I got to read their innermost thoughts. I didn't know which character I disliked more based on their entries. Interesting.

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    Heather Landry said on May 27, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 288 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0345485882
  • ISBN-13: 9780345485885
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Pub date: Sep 26, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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