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by Molly Roden Winter

Doubleday ·2024 ·304 pages ·Culture
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An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother's exploration of sex and relationships—outside of her marriage. "An intimate portrait of a woman on an earnest search to reclaim her passion and her body from the quotidian obligations of her various roles."—Christie Tate, bestselling author of Group and BFF Molly Roden Winter was a mom of two young children in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with a husband, Stewart, who often worked late. One night when Stewart missed the kids' bedtime, again , she stormed out of the house to clear her head. At impromptu drinks with a friend, she met Matt, an unbelievably hot younger man. When Molly told her husband that Matt had asked her out, she was surprised that he encouraged her to accept. So begins Molly's unexpected open marriage, and with it a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Molly and Stewart, who also begins to see other people, set ground rules to Don't date an ex. Don't date someone you work with. Don't go to anyone's house. And above all, don't fall in love. Spoiler They end up breaking most of their rules, even the most important one. Molly follows her sexual desire onto dating sites and to public places around New York City. In therapy sessions, fueled by the discovery that her parents had an open marriage, too, she grapples with her past and what it means to be both a mother and her truest self. Molly Roden Winter narrates her journey with warmth and style in this magnetic, intensely personal debut memoir.


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"Winter shares her and her husband's deeply personal, candid story about deciding to make their relationship non-monogamous ..."

Katy Duperry· Library Journal Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"Winter feels the need to detail how much she loves her children and loves being a mother, even on the worst days."

Kimberley Harrington· The Washington Post Read review ↗ Near the Top

"The narrative improves in the second half, in which Winter describes how she learned to prioritize her own pleasure, a valuable lesson."

Kirkus Read review ↗ Maybe Someday

"While I appreciated her lack of shame about desire (including the desire for validation), I couldn't help wishing that she possessed the same candor around the economics of her marriage ..."

Jennifer Wilson· The New Yorker Read review ↗ Bottom of the Pile

"The result of a long-gestating obsession with authenticity and individual self-fulfillment ..."

Tyler Austin Harper· The Atlantic Read review ↗ Bottom of the Pile

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