Falling: The Story of One Marriage | John Taylor | MEN DON'T USUALLY WRITE ABOUT PERSONAL STUFF....

Falling: The Story of One Marriage | John Taylor | Honest and Brutal look at one Marriage

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	Falling: The Story of One Marriage John Taylor Ballantine Books, 2000 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

"While it requires will to make a marriage work, it also requires a horrifying act of will to bring one to an end," observes John Taylor in this beautifully written and emotionally haunting memoir. With searing insight and intensity, Taylor chronicles the demise of his eleven-year marriage?and the journey he made in order to put the failure of "making it work" behind him.

In an unflinchingly honest narrative that at last gives voice to a man?s feelings on the pain of divorce, Taylor describes the hopeful beginnings of his marriage and its gradual disintegration. He wrestles with the decision to leave his wife and young daughter, struggles to clarify his responsibilities as a husband and father, and explores the idea of moral self-definition and imperfection while learning that even the most intimate choices have far-reaching consequences.

As many readers will discover, it is equally difficult for a man to walk away from a marriage as it is for a woman. For anyone who has ever been touched by divorce, Falling will be a profound and heartwrenching reading experience.

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MEN DON'T USUALLY WRITE ABOUT PERSONAL STUFF....

I remember reding about this book when it was first published, but really had no interest in reading about yet another failed marriage. Too depressing. But then after reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and learning that this author is her current husband, my interest was piqued. I LOVED The Glass Castle and was very curious about John Taylor as her husband. So I bought, and read, this book.

I can sort of see why one reviewer here referred to the author as "whining".... But then don't we all when we go through the harrowing, nauseating experience of divorce? I did. And I'm not a whiner. I thought the author was just being as honest as he could. The only part I really didn't understand is what actually happened in this marriage to cause it to be so miserable for each of them. They got married, they did this, they did that, and then he was having an affair since he was so miserable. About what, exactly? Maybe his point is that it doesn't have to be anything specific in this day and age of demanding absolute happiness; anything less means d-i-v-o-r-c-e. Sad.

In any case, I enjoyed the book because men usually don't write about this stuff.... and because I can see why he and Jeannette Walls were drawn to each other. I would have liked to read more about him and Jennette, but maybe that will come in a future book. I do believe that Jeannette definitely deserves a quiet, reassuring, stable marriage and it would appear that John Taylor can provide that for her.

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Honest and Brutal look at one Marriage

After having read the book, then read some of the reviews, I was suprised at how outraged some people were at this story. This is probably the most realistic viewpoint about a relationship that I have read in a long time. Does that mean that every man cheats on his wife? No. Does that mean that every woman wants "maintennance" for the rest of her life? No. What it does mean is that sometimes people make mistakes (in this case, several of them), but they must go on. Granted, there were several times where I found myself angry at the author for his actions, but who am I to judge someone elses misfortunes, when we all have skeletons in our closet.

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wonderful read

Very good read. A tragic biography on how family life can take a wrong turn for no significant reason. I strongly recommend this book.

is this book for marriage or serial monogomy?

After finding that my boyfriend's mother had given him this book to read after he had a talk with her about marriage! I would just like to know how other readers would feel about this? I took it quite badly!

Is it autobiography? Or not?

While the author's writing style is compelling, this story's narrator is not totally credible. The reader may find themselves wondering, as I did, whether this book is truly autobiographical, or a fictionalized and air-brushed version of "One Marriage." Either way, what about the WIFE's side of the story? Numerous infidelities prove that the husband in this relationship certainly lacked committment. It sounds to me as if he didn't think seriously about his marriage until his lack of conviction contributed to its end.

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