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The Year of the End

A Memoir of Marriage, Truth and Fiction

Anne Theroux

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English
Icon Books
08 July 2021
After 22 years, spent across four continents, with two children - Louis and Marcel - in 1990 Anne and Paul Theroux decided to separate.

For that year, Anne - later a professional relationship therapist herself - kept a diary, noting not only her day-to day experiences as a busy freelance journalist and broadcaster, but the contrasts in her feelings between despairing grief and hope for a new future.

With reflections on truth and fiction, literature and art and the nature of marriage, alongside commentary on notable political and cultural events, and interviews with prominent writers of the time, including Kingsley Amis and Barbara Cartland, The Year of the End offers a unique insight into the unravelling of a relationship and the attempts to rebuild a life.
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Imprint:   Icon Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 204mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   354g
ISBN:   9781785787393
ISBN 10:   178578739X
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

Anne Theroux has spent much of her life as a journalist and broadcaster, predominantly at the BBC World Service, where among other things she was Head of Features and Arts for six years. From 1992 to 2016 she trained and worked as a relationship therapist. She divides her time between Hampstead and Eastbourne.

Reviews for The Year of the End: A Memoir of Marriage, Truth and Fiction

'A wise and vivid memoir of a disintegrating marriage and a study of the role of the spouse in the life of a literary giant.' -- Fiona Sturges * i Paper * 'Completely addictive. It made me want to go and hang out in her kitchen!' -- Sam Baker 'A delicate account of a break-up.' * Eva Wiseman, Observer * 'Candid ... mellow, and wise.' * Irish Independent * 'Brave, honest, sad, funny, truthful and a striking insight into the reality of the literary life.' -- Nicholas Rankin, Writer and Broadcaster 'In the portrait of a fractured marriage, and reflections on being married to an artist, the page comes alive.' * The Herald *


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