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“Beneath wordplay, double entendres, dry sarcasm, and pop culture references is a sweet and meaningful novel about love at every stage of a relationship.”
—Foreword Clarion Reviews
A “Snappy intimately comic stage satire of marriage life.”
—Booklife
In The Marriage Gift, James and Paula, a Minneapolis couple, receive a wedding invitation from a mysterious cousin. Paula assigns James a perilous quest: to buy a wedding gift. But this must be no ordinary gift. As Paula explains, the task is:
“These two people, who, let’s face it, barely knowing one another, at the beginning of their adult lives, commit to spending every day loving one another, building their shared dreams, pledging to care for and help and inspire each other no matter what happens or how either one of them may change along the way. We should give them a gift that represents everything we believe about marriage, a gift that will wish this young couple all of the joy and laughter and happiness we have had in our years together.”
So they set off in search of the legendary Marriage Gift.
First, as is usual in such an adventure, they must journey to consult the wise people of their tribe (his family, her friend). Then, having gleaned what wisdom there is, the couple ventures in search of this treasure, daring to delve into that vast and miraculous maze: the Mall of America.
ISBN: 9781953725967
Praise for The Marriage Gift:
“A delicious romp through the maze of modern wedlock”
—Rosy Cole, Author, The Wolf and the Lamb
“Beneath wordplay, double entendres, dry sarcasm, and pop culture references is a sweet and meaningful novel about love at every stage of a relationship.”
—Clarion Reviews
A “Snappy intimately comic stage satire of marriage life.”
—Booklife
Excerpt from The Marriage Gift:
The first recorded wedding gift was the apple given to Eve by the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Unfortunately, the serpent made an unforgivable faux pas: the Knowledge of Good and Evil was not returnable. www.Factuosity .Com
At the coat closet, they silently perform a complicated ritual of grocery exchange, removing their jackets without putting down any of the bags. Once the jackets are off, the bags are redistributed with a coordination at once effortless and thoughtless.
James walks through the kitchen door first and holds the swinging door open as Paula enters. Then he lets it swing closed, stopping it with his foot without looking behind him.
They stand in front of their predestined locations (James at the refrigerator and Paula at the pantry) and begin to put the groceries away. When they come across an item that does not belong in their respective domains, they execute an automatic exchange, tossing the item to the other, condiments under air traffic control. Once the process is complete, the reusable cloth bags are folded and properly stored until the next shopping venture. Then they sit in their assigned seats at the kitchen table.
Paula: Hungry?
James nods.
The ritual begins again, except in reverse, as they coordinate the construction of two sets of sandwiches. Only the drinks differ:
Milk for James.
Diet Coke for Paula.
There is still hope.
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