My Marriage Sabbatical
A Memoir of Solo Travel and Lasting Love
Leah Fisher
- A
- vibrant**,
- honest,
- and
- unique
- travel
- memoir
- for
- readers
- who
- think
- they’re
- too
- old
- to
- “eat,
- pray,
- love,”
- My
- Marriage
- Sabbatical
- captures
- marital
- therapist
- Leah
- Fisher’s
- journey
- to
- maintain
- her
- marriage
- without
- forfeiting
- her
- own
- independence.**She
- wants
- to
- travel
- the
- world;
- he
- wants
- to
- keep
- working.
- At
- sixty,
- Leah
- Fisher
- is
- ready
- to
- Love,
- Honor,
- and
- Negotiate.
- The
- result
- is
- a
- long-married
- couple’s
- decision
- to
- commence
- an
- unconventional
- experiment.Fisher
- takes
- readers
- on
- two
- journeys:
- an
- intriguing
- global
- journey—her
- year
- of
- solo
- travel—and
- the
- relational
- journey
- she
- and
- her
- husband
- embark
- upon
- as
- they
- skillfully
- negotiate
- their
- different
- priorities
- and
- preferences.
- We
- accompany
- them
- through
- a
- series
- of
- reunions
- and
- poignant
- farewells
- as
- they
- stay
- connected
- and
- gradually
- grow
- comfortable
- being
- together
- and
- apart.
- After
- the
- marriage
- sabbatical
- is
- over,
- both
- spouses
- are
- surprised
- by
- the
- outcome
- of
- their
- daring
- experiment.With
- gray
- divorce
- on
- the
- rise,
- Leah
- Fisher’s
- memoir
- demonstrates
- a
- creative
- way
- to
- fulfill
- individual
- needs
- without
- having
- to
- make
- the
- painful
- choice
- between
- forfeiting
- heartfelt
- dreams
- or
- leaving
- one’s
- marriage
- to
- achieve
- them.
- A
- riveting
- travel
- story
- that
- offers
- wise
- guidance
- on
- maintaining
- marital
- friendship,
- My
- Marriage
- Sabbatical
- is
- proof
- that
- couples
- can
- keep
- growing
- as
- individuals
- and
- partners
- all
- through
- their lives.
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