Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis eBook Robyn Harding
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Lucy was shocked when her husband, Trent, announced he was leaving her. They’d built the perfect life together! They had a beautiful daughter! A covetable home! Lucy had maintained her figure! How could he walk away from it all?
Trent knew he couldn’t continue his “hamster wheel existence”. He and Lucy hadn’t been connected in years. They’d just been coexisting, going through the motions… His sexy colleague, Annika had nothing to do with it!
With alternating perspectives, "Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis" examines both sides of a break-up. As Lucy and Trent vacillate between wanting to kill each other, moving back in together and moving on (with other people), they must deal with their teenage daughter’s anger and rebellion. At times hilarious and heartbreaking, this novel takes an in-depth look at the dissolution of a relationship. No one said marriage was easy. But breaking up may be even harder.
REVIEWS Harding (Unravelled) takes a hilarious warts-and-all look at the breakup of Lucy and Trent, and its effect on their sullen 15-year-old daughter, Sam. In alternating chapters written by the combatants, Trent whines about the need to figure out "grown-up, man stuff" rather than stay mired in a "hamster-wheel existence" while Lucy rails at Trent's "curly-haired cow" of a girlfriend and considers her own risky revenge-romance with a TV heartthrob who's 13 years her junior--and Sam's ultimate crush. Sam, meanwhile, in a picture-perfect take of angsty adolescence, desperately manipulates her sparring parents. The trio, their lovers, friends, and colleagues are all lovable screwups, and the lessons learned by Lucy, Trent, and Sam lend a pleasant note of poignancy to the madcap antics.”
—Publishers Weekly
Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis eBook Robyn Harding
When I got this book it was because of the title. I thought it was going to be a "true story" comedy about a woman going through her mid-life crisis & all the craziness that comes along with a breakdown.It really is funny and relatively real life in the mistakes that we make as adults. I like that it's told from the husband's and the wife's points of view, separately.
It seemed to end abruptly but I wasn't disappointed.
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Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis eBook Robyn Harding Reviews
Lucy is shocked when her husband of 16 years, Trent, announces he is leaving her. She knows that their relationship hasn't been the best for a few years, but with careers and their fifteen-year old daughter Sam entering the teenage angst years, she never thought she would actually be heading for a divorce. Trent is tired of his boring marriage and wants his freedom- and the ability to get one his co-workers into bed. Trent has been eyeing the voluptuous Annika while on the job, but she wouldn't give him the time of day unless he was separated from his wife. Finally on his own, Trent gets his singledom and Annika- but suddenly wonders if that is the life he truly wants. Lucy tries to pick up the pieces of her broken marriage, but when her job throws her together with a teen heartthrob actor (also her daughter's biggest crush) Lucy's life begins to spiral downwards.
Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis by Robyn Harding is heartfelt novel that draws readers into the lives of the characters by giving both Lucy and Trent a voice. The chapters are written in alternating point of views from both husband and wife, giving us a chance to really understand both sides and why this marriage failed. Deep emotions are revealed, self-doubt and guilt among others, and be prepared for this story to really make you think and feel for all the characters, not just Lucy and Trent. I really appreciated the ending of the novel as well, which is a rarity for me. I am usually left feeling unsatisfied in these types of relationship conflict stories, or feeling that the ending is too cliché, but I thought Harding did a fantastic job at tying all the loose ends together and giving the characters the ending they deserved. A definite recommendation from me!
Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we planned. In Robyn Harding's newest novel, Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis, married couple Lucy and Trent discover the truth in this statement the hard way. After being married for almost twenty years, they've come to know each another better than anyone else. Trent is the first to admit it isn't enough, as he's explaining his leaving to his wife
"We haven't really been connected for years now, Lucy. We work, we co-parent, we pay the mortgage together, but we're not together, not like we used to be."
Lucy, unprepared for his attack, doesn't understand.
"It's called life, Trent," [she] fires back. "It's called raising a family."
With that, Harding begins this story of two people who love one another, but aren't necessarily still in love with one another. Complicating matters is the couple's teenage daughter Sam, who doesn't really care how her parents feel as long as they stay together like a "normal" family.
Harding uses point of view and narrative voice to lend depth to this light-hearted look at a family in crisis. Lucy and Trent trade off chapters, so that the reader is exposed to both perspectives in the split. The reader learns about Lucy's insecurities, at home and in her job as a prop buyer for a popular WB teen drama. Harding also illustrates both Trent's immature actions and his immense love for his daughter through the chapters written in his voice.
The action intensifies as both Lucy and Trent find themselves in relationships with other people that become too serious too fast. They need time to figure out who they are, not time to build new relationships. Trent gets in over his head with voluptuous coworker Annika, while Lucy finds herself pursued by a teen heartthrob from the television show where she works. Both extramarital affairs spiral out of control, proving that sometimes getting what you want can be disastrous.
Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis proved to be an entertaining read by an author previously unknown to me. Harding is a new contender in the chick lit world, with her witty dialogue and her ultimately sincere examination of marriage.
I have only one gripe despite the interesting characters and well-rounded plot, the novel gave very few details of setting. Harding lives in Vancouver, Canada, an area that I know little about. To me, setting is an integral part of any book; my favorite novels feature setting almost as an extra character. With a setting outside the United States, I would have loved for it to become a more pivotal part of the book. One reason I love Kathy Reichs' Tempe Brennan mystery series is for the details she gives in the books set in Montreal, a city previously foreign to me.
Not a bad read. Gives you both sides of the coin, and has that old addage "grass is always greener" written all over it.
I read this back in 2010 and loved it a lot. I was borrowing the book so when I found it on , I bought it and re-read it and I still loved it. The characters are developed great. The situations they get themselves into hit home.
Someof the plot was a bit unrealistic, but, it was a fun quick read. My only big complaint wss thar it judt ...ended. No actual resolution. I'm not a fan of fill in the blank ending books. But still, I liked that the husband learned that the grass really isn't greener.
When I got this book it was because of the title. I thought it was going to be a "true story" comedy about a woman going through her mid-life crisis & all the craziness that comes along with a breakdown.
It really is funny and relatively real life in the mistakes that we make as adults. I like that it's told from the husband's and the wife's points of view, separately.
It seemed to end abruptly but I wasn't disappointed.
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