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Atomic Marriage
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
8 posts | 13 read | 2 to read
All marriages are hard. Many of them fail. Brock Lewis, an evangelical businessman turned self-published author, has the answer. Follow his international best-selling book’s 12-point “Atomic Doctrine” - make eye contact with your spouse? Always! Use the bathroom in front of them? Never! - and you, too, can build a marriage that thrives.
What Hollywood power broker Heather Thiesen knows about marriage is that hers is sputtering, anything but romantic, and utterly exhausting. But she still aspires to turn Brock’s book into the blockbuster romantic comedy she knows it can be - now she just has to convince Brock.
Narrated with depth and warmth by Oscar nominee Diane Lane, what follows is a remarkable story about the life partners we choose, the secrets we keep, and the compromises we make by one of America’s funniest and most astute cultural commentators.
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NatalieR
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Mehso-so

This short story was just okay. Most likely because it was super short (less than an hour.) A married woman working in Hollywood film travels to Alabama to talk an author into making character changes for the benefit of having the book turned into a comedy series. Her marriage is starting to struggle and the author wrote a self-help book on marriage. It seemed like there was room to expand the story to create more drama and intrigue. #MountTBR

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TheSpineView
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Mehso-so

#WinterGames2020 @StayCurious #ReadNosedReindeer

This is a short listen (just under an hour). It was just OK. It was too predictable and had lack luster characters. 3⭐

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Jebpix
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

Short piece from Audible. I usually don‘t like short stories, but I enjoyed this.

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Marni
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

Needed a break from my other books, something quick and easy. This fit the bill. Not fantastic but not bad. Worth the hour and Diane Lane is a great narrator. #read2020 #mountTBR
9/36

cornfedwellread I didn't realize that Bookly had an option for tracking audiobooks! I need to start doing that. 4y
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DebinHawaii
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

#24in48 #readathon
Book # 7 In the home stretch & finished my #audiosouping & #audiobligpostwriting to this short hour-ish Audible Original. I picked it for the author & the narrator (Actress Diane Lane) & I wasn't disappointed. I liked the story of a Hollywood exec going Alabama to try to convince the evangelical author of a popular book to make a rom-com out of his marriage manual & include a gay couple. Witty & well done short story.

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GypsyKat
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

I listened to this earlier today, and it was better than I thought it would be. I don‘t typically find myself fully engaged with short stories, but I was with this one. Definitely worth the hour it takes to listen to.

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ReadingSusan
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Starting out #BookFitnessChallenge on this Friday morning by walking my dog while listening to this audiobook. Headed to work soon so I will have to remember to not sit at my desk all day!

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 5y
Clwojick Maybe set a silent reminder? Or an email bump to pop up 😉 I had to do that the other day to make sure I was getting in my hourly 250 steps. 😅 5y
BookwormAHN Nice start 👏🏻 5y
ReadingSusan @Clwojick oh good idea! Thanks! 5y
hes7 Nice start! 👏🏻 Good luck with the rest of the day! 5y
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Kaylamburson
Atomic Marriage | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

This was one of my two free Audible originals from January, and it was much better than I expected considering the reviews. Super quick story that's only about an hour (less for me since I always turn it up to at least 1.5 speed). Like many short stories, it didn't have a full feeling of a beginning, middle, and end, but entertaining and smart, like all of Sittenfeld's works.