marriage Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/marriage/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:52:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg marriage Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/marriage/ 32 32 38398750 The Heart of Winter https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/the-heart-of-winter/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/the-heart-of-winter/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:49:27 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19027 When Abe and Ruth meet on a blind date while students at the University of Washington it’s not love at first sight. In fact, it’s not even like. Ruth finds Abe to be stodgy, full of himself, and boring. He, on the other hand, is captivated by her vivacious personality and her varied interests, even […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/this-is-a-love-story/feed/ 4 18995 All That is Mine I Carry With Me https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/all-that-is-mine-i-carry-with-me/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/all-that-is-mine-i-carry-with-me/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:45:31 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17857 The scene is cleanly set when in the simpler times of 1975 10-year-old Miranda arrives home from school to find the house locked and, after she uses the hidden key to get in, empty. Her mother should be there. Her mother is always there to greet her after school. Her car, keys, handbag all in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/all-that-is-mine-i-carry-with-me/feed/ 2 17857 The Year of the Horses: A Memoir https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/the-year-of-the-horses-a-memoir/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/the-year-of-the-horses-a-memoir/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 04:28:09 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16888 Courtney Maum’s memoir opens with a scene of a young daughter refusing her mother’s help to put on her socks despite the fact that they’re going to be late for an appointment. Maum is the mother and her frustration, veering into internal rage and the immediate weight of guilt, is so well-written my jaw clenched […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/the-year-of-the-horses-a-memoir/feed/ 0 16888 2021 Underrated Gems https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/12/2021-underrated-gems/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/12/2021-underrated-gems/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:46:44 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16323 Every year I read books I loved, but that seemed to go under-the-radar for most people. Yes, reading is a very personal endeavor and what is 5 stars for me may not be 5 stars for you, but I’ve got 7 underrated gems I read this year that I’m almost evangelical about—I loved them that […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/12/2021-underrated-gems/feed/ 10 16323 Other People’s Houses https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/08/other-peoples-houses/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/08/other-peoples-houses/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:37:21 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15998 After a July of aggressively dark reading I gave myself some mental respite by starting August with two light backlist novels. I reviewed The Bestseller on Friday and today I’m happy to start the week with Other People’s Houses—a contemporary look at family life, marriage, and friendship in one L.A. neighborhood. Frances, is the novel’s anchor […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/08/other-peoples-houses/feed/ 4 15998 The Paper Palace https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:15:49 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951 No more regrets for what I haven’t done. Now only regrets for what I have done. I love him, I hate myself. I love myself, I hate him. This is the end of a long story. These are the words of Eleanor (Elle) a 50-year-old, happily married woman who had sex last night with Jonas, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/feed/ 14 15951 The Startup Wife: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-startup-wife-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-startup-wife-a-novel/#respond Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:05:56 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15938 Asha has her life figured out. She’s a brilliant coder and has just landed a spot in a highly coveted tech lab at MIT, where she’s working on developing the holy grail of algorithms—instilling artificial intelligence with empathy. It’s her sole focus in life until she runs into Cyrus, her high school crush and everything […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-startup-wife-a-novel/feed/ 0 15938 Six Books I’m Ready to Read in July https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/six-books-im-ready-to-read-in-july/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/six-books-im-ready-to-read-in-july/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2021 04:15:29 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15884 Is anyone else expecting a tumultuous July? I’ve got six books I’m ready to read, but honestly, I have no idea what the month is going to be like. In the first week I’m going to see my mother for the first time in almost two years, which is so exciting. She’s where I got […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/six-books-im-ready-to-read-in-july/feed/ 6 15884 Good Company: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/04/good-company-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/04/good-company-a-novel/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:43:52 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15572 A happily married woman discovers her husband’s engraved wedding band in an envelope buried in a filing cabinet. Fifteen years ago, he told he lost it. Now, it’s the night of their daughter Ruby’s high school graduation and Flora sets aside her emotions to attend a party for Ruby, given by Flora’s oldest and best […]

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