No Fault
A Memoir of Romance and Divorce
Haley Mlotek
- **A
- MOST
- ANTICIPATED
- BOOK
- OF
- 2025:
- Vogue,
- Vulture,
- Harper’s
- Bazaar,
- W,
- Bustle,
- Lit
- Hub,
- The
- Millions“Enigmatic,
- opalescent,
- so
- precise.”
- —Jia
- Tolentino“An
- investigation,
- an
- invocation,
- a
- mood.”
- *—*Becca
- Rothfeld,
- The
- Washington
- Post“A
- personal
- accounting
- of
- heartache.
- .
- .
- .
- Mlotek’s
- writing
- reaches
- toward
- —
- and
- actually
- meets
- —
- poetry.”
- —Alissa
- Bennett,
- The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review“A
- cool
- appraisal
- of
- millennial
- divorce.”
- —Emma
- Alpern,
- VultureAn
- intimate
- and
- candid
- account
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- romantic
- and
- revolutionary
- of
- relationships:
- divorce**Divorce
- was
- everything
- for
- Haley
- Mlotek.
- As
- a
- child,
- she
- listened
- to
- her
- twice-divorced
- grandmother
- tell
- stories
- about
- her
- “husbands.”
- As
- a
- pre-teen,
- she
- answered
- the
- phones
- for
- her
- mother’s
- mediation
- and
- marriage
- counseling
- practice
- and
- typed
- out
- the
- paperwork
- for
- couples
- in
- the
- process
- of
- leaving
- each
- other.
- She
- grew
- up
- with
- the
- sense
- that
- divorce
- was
- an
- outcome
- to
- both
- resist
- and
- desire,
- an
- ordeal
- that
- promised
- something
- better
- on
- the
- other
- side
- of
- something
- bad.
- But
- when
- she
- herself
- went
- on
- to
- marry—and
- then
- divorce—the
- man
- she
- had
- been
- with
- for
- twelve
- years,
- suddenly,
- she
- had
- to
- reconsider
- her
- generation’s
- inherited
- understanding
- of
- the
- institution.Deftly
- combining
- her
- personal
- story
- with
- wry,
- searching
- social
- and
- literary
- exploration,
- No
- Fault
- is
- a
- deeply
- felt
- and
- radiant
- account
- of
- 21st
- century
- divorce—the
- remarkably
- common
- and
- seemingly
- singular
- experience,
- and
- what
- it
- reveals
- about
- our
- society
- and
- our
- desires
- for
- family,
- love,
- and
- friendship.
- Mlotek
- asks
- profound
- questions
- about
- what
- divorce
- should
- be,
- who
- it
- is
- for,
- and
- why
- the
- institution
- of
- marriage
- maintains
- its
- power,
- all
- while
- charting
- a
- poignant
- and
- cathartic
- journey
- away
- from
- her
- own
- marriage
- towards
- an
- unknown
- future.Brilliant,
- funny,
- and
- unflinchingly
- honest,
- No
- Fault
- is
- a
- kaleidoscopic
- look
- at
- marriage,
- secrets,
- ambitions,
- and
- what
- it
- means
- to
- love
- and
- live
- with
- uncertainty,
- betrayal,
- and hope.
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