Thank you so much @washingtonpost and @carolmemmott for seeing A...

Thank you so much @washingtonpost and @carolmemmott for seeing A GOOD MARRIAGE exactly as I intended it. When you write “in between” several genres as I do that is a most rare and precious thing. Thanks also, for using the phrase “gimlet-eyed” which—after looking up—shall henceforth be my new nickname.

Here’s the excerpted review:

“What makes a good marriage — in fact and fiction? Kimberly McCreight takes a gimlet-eyed attempt at answering that question in the irresistible domestic drama ‘A Good Marriage.’ McCreight made her name with her 2013 novel ‘Reconstructing Amelia’ in which a mother seeks answers about her daughter’s death at an exclusive Park Slope, Brooklyn school.

The novel, which is filled with titillating details — there are sex parties, blackmail and pornography — has been optioned for a TV series by Nicole Kidman, who was perhaps drawn to its similarities to ‘Big Little Lies.’

The real mystery, though, is not the identity of the killer, but the answer to that age old question about solid marriages. The wives and husbands toss around enough cliches to fill a king-size marital bed. ‘Low expectations’ and ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ are just two. Sarah, maybe, tosses off the truest of all: ‘A good marriage is the one that survives. And none of us will know that until all is said and done.’ The same goes for the identity of Amanda’s killer. You will never see it coming.’

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(at Park Slope Historic District)

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