The Rest of Our Lives

The Rest of Our Lives: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 | Benjamin Markovits

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12-3 Sep 25 (audiobook)
#Bookerlonglist2025 10
Having dropped his youngest off to college, Tom makes good on his resolution 12 years ago to leave his wife after she had an affair.
I related to many of the questions facing Tom as my oldest nears the end of her schooling, although fortunately not in relation to my marriage.
Not a book I would ordinarily read and I would not expect it to make the shortlist, but I nevertheless enjoyed it.

CarolynM Two reviews of this book next to each other in my feed! You and @Graywacke both liked it, so stacked 😊 2w

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The Rest of Our Lives: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 | Benjamin Markovits

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My 10th #Booker is an American roadway novel. Tom is dealing with, or not dealing with, male uncertainty. He is confronting his own promise - to leave his wife once his youngest child reaches 18 because she had an affair twelve years prior. (The title is a play on the marriage vows.)

I've kept thinking about this book. Initially I felt it didn't do enough, but slowly I came to realize how well it does what it intended.
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Suet624 Sounds like one I‘d like to find. 2w

Graywacke @Suet624 I imagine you‘d enjoy it. It‘s not very long. 2w

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merelybookish Wow! I'm impressed that you've read 10! 2w

Graywacke @merelybookish I‘ve read two more, just haven‘t gotten them reviewed yet. ☺️ It‘s a terrific year for the Booker longlist (edited) 2w

CarolynM Your review and @mjtwo ‘s for this book, one after the other in my feed - such a coincidence! Since you both liked it I‘ve stacked it😊 2w

Graywacke @CarolynM yay! It‘s no Seascaper 🙂 But it‘s terrific. Enjoy. 2w

squirrelbrain I really enjoyed this one too, just not sure it‘s a Booker book. 2w

Graywacke @squirrelbrain initially that‘s how I felt. But i appreciate more now because it lingers, and there are reasons for that. 2w

JenP I didn‘t love it. I didn‘t hate it either but felt rather bored and indifferent. I‘m glad to hear that you had a different reaction and enjoyed it much more. 1w

Graywacke @JenP i struggled at times. It just zooms along nonstop and we‘re dependent on the author keeping our interest. So, I might get what you mean. (But it payed back on reflection for me.) 1w

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