On the lighter side- The Wedding People
Also try Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

Heartburn, especially if you want a picture of a garbage person to really hate.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP if you’re truly looking for fiction that has devastating portrayals of unhappy marriages, try Richard Yates.

Do you have a particular recommendation?

Revolutionary Road is his most well-known and probably best novel.

"Easter Parade" by Richard Yates is also good and possibly more divorce themed.

Another book from the 1970s is "Three Women at the Water's Edge" by Nancy Thayer. It's definitely 'women's fiction' but explores a young pregnant mother going through divorce and also her mother, who's come out the other end of a divorce she chose. Some of it is day to day, but I liked it.

This is a memoir not fiction but I absolutely loved it. Writer is very honest with her affair and it’s a great read

https://www.counterpointpress.com/books/blow-your-house-down/

“Blow your house down” is the book that’s linked above.

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Anonymous wrote:Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrick Backman. Great story about a woman who divorces her cheating husband and then rebuilds her life from scratch.

Lol. Definitely fiction then.

There is also a (foreign) movie of this. It was good!

The Last Mrs. Parrish.
It is about a woman who is envious of what appears to be a very pretty marriage.
Here is a link to a good reads teaser about the book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34043643-the-last-mrs-parrish

There is a sequel. I haven't read the sequel but I did read the first book.

Gone Girl is about infertility, hating your spouse almost to the point where you dump them, lies, and black humor. Not about divorce per se - it's sort of a possibility. A good read. Might fit.

Might not fit exactly but how about The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks. Its a suspense/thriller but I think parts of the main character's emotional roller coaster could resonate.

We all live here by Jojo Moyes. Fun read, but since it does involve rebuilding may not be your thing right now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP if you’re truly looking for fiction that has devastating portrayals of unhappy marriages, try Richard Yates.

Do you have a particular recommendation?

Revolutionary Road is his most well-known and probably best novel.

OP. Read that years ago when I was young and single. Not sure if I could handle it now. PP isn’t exaggerating about devastating. Definitely not going to re-read!

Also, the movie was disappointing.

Anonymous wrote:Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrick Backman. Great story about a woman who divorces her cheating husband and then rebuilds her life from scratch.

Lol. Definitely fiction then.

Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrick Backman. Great story about a woman who divorces her cheating husband and then rebuilds her life from scratch.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP if you’re truly looking for fiction that has devastating portrayals of unhappy marriages, try Richard Yates.

Do you have a particular recommendation?

Revolutionary Road is his most well-known and probably best novel.

Anonymous wrote:OP if you’re truly looking for fiction that has devastating portrayals of unhappy marriages, try Richard Yates.

Do you have a particular recommendation?