More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

Molly Roden Winter

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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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    As much as we expect vulnerability from memoir, this is RAW. Molly bears all, and this is an engrossing, fascinating read for it. It does not try to prescribe non-monogamy or even claim it to be a preferable option over closed relationships. Instead, we get an intense and vulnerable account of the beauty and pain that comes with opening a marriage, including all the jealousy and near-betrayals (and yes, sex).
    Without being preachy, More shows how opening a marriage can bring spouses even closer and how honesty and openness are the real keys to intimacy.

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