Just the Two of Us, Jo Wilde
Just the Two of Us, Jo Wilde
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Just the Two of Us

Author: Jo Wilde

Narrator: Harriet Fraser, Alex Hyde-White

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Forever

Published: 04/12/2022


Synopsis

A couple on the brink of divorce after 35 years of marriage gets a second chance to rediscover their love now that a pandemic lockdown has forced them to spend more time together.
Julie and Michael Marshall have stayed together through thick and thin, through better and worse -- and, for the last few years, it has mostly been worse. As their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary approaches, Julie realizes something: she doesn't want to pretend anymore.
Divorce papers at the ready, she's just about to have The Talk with Michael when everything changes. Lockdown begins and Julie and Michael face the greatest terror they can imagine: uninterrupted time with each other. But, when stripped of all distraction and forced to meet eyes across the dinner table, could it be that Julie and Michael might find a way back to where they first began?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

Julie and Michael have been married for over 30 years, their kids have grown up and life has been busy. Julie has a successful flower shop that she's been running with her sister. Michael has had a few promotions and has been travelling a lot for work. Julie's mom passed away a few years ago and sin......more

This was a nice story about two people finding their way back to each other. I liked the way this story was told, alternating between the present and moments in the couples’ lives in the past. I liked that this story focused on a couple that is older and have grown children. It was a bit strange to re......more

Goodreads review by Sherrie

Michael and Julie have been married for 35 years and Julie has decided she wants a divorce. She picks up her divorce papers and is ready to give them to her husband when they are forced into lockdown due to the pandemic. Julie owns a flower shop and is distraught that she will be unable to work duri......more

Goodreads review by Amy

I’ve read a couple of books set during Covid, specifically during the early days of lockdown and this one has by far been the most lighthearted one. Just wanted to give a heads up on that since I know many of y’all aren’t ok reading books set then but despite the time period it really wasn’t all tha......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an arc of this book! So it was cute don’t get me wrong but I definitely couldn’t relate as they are much older, I did still like it because some of my favorite books are when they are married and they start drifting and then come back......more


Quotes

This emotional second-chance tale promises both tears and smiles.—Publishers Weekly

"Exactly the sort of witty, insightful and heart-warming book for these solitary times."—Culture Fly

"A hilarious and uplifting story about what happens after 'happy ever after'."—Chat Magazine

"A brilliantly warm story for our times."—People's Friend

"This book transcends the story of the recent pandemic to become the heartbreaking story of two warm, lovely people who have forgotten how to communicate . . . A gentle, touching story that's very pertinent to our times."—NFOP Magazine

"If you like emotionally intelligent books with a dash of reality, don't miss Just the Two of Us. It hooked me from the start."—Sue Moorcroft, author of Summer on a Sunny Island

"Must-read."—Bella