SO MANY BEATS OF THE HEART
Carrie Cox, Affirm, $32.99
The two children are mature enough not to ask questions such as: “When’s Dad coming back?” Hamish has told Evie he needs space and silence, and it’s certainly NOT another woman. But Evie knows. This is the first step on a path that leads to divorce. How can she be so certain? Because for 20 years she was a marriage counsellor.
Cox has hit upon the most brilliant idea for a novel I’ve seen in a long time. We follow Evie’s sessions with couples as she battles to apply her own rogue remedy – which is not to think about it. Those clients give us an overview of what goes wrong in modern marriage in Australia, the how and the why.
Watch out for Hamish’s ancient Scottish grandfather’s
