The Break
The girls discuss Marian Keyes' The Break, maybe the most serious novel (or maybe just the one that hit closest to home) the girls have discussed so far.
What it means to be in a relationship, how you keep a relationship healthy over time (a bunch of 18-year-olds are exactly the people to be discussing this), emotional affairs and crisis pregnancy all show up in this week's show.
But perhaps most importantly, Chloe and Saoirse spend an inordinate amount of time fangirling over the latest BTS video, and oddly an old WINNER promo (we'll explain later). Also, Cliodhna invites Chloe to take part in a BTS themed thought experiment that may or may not shatter her entire worldview. It's intense stuff.
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Amy’s husband Hugh says he isn’t leaving her.
He still loves her, he’s just taking a break – from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together. Six months to lose himself in south-east Asia. And there is nothing Amy can say or do about it.
Yes, it’s a mid-life crisis, but let’s be clear: a break isn’t a break up – yet . . .
However, for Amy it’s enough to send her – along with her extended family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers – teetering over the edge.
For a lot can happen in six-months. When Hugh returns if he returns, will he be the same man she married? And will Amy be the same woman?
Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then isn’t she?
The Break isn’t a story about falling in love but about staying in love. It is Marian Keyes at her funniest, wisest and brilliant best.
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