Listen to the Marriage

A Novel

De: John Jay Osborn

Narrado por: Gabra Zackman

A riveting drama of marital therapy.

Gretchen and Steve have been married for a long time. Living in San Francisco, recently separated, with two children and demanding jobs, they’ve started going to a marriage counselor. Unfolding over the course of 10 months and taking place entirely in the marriage counselor’s office, John Jay Osborn’s Listen to the Marriage is the story of a fractured couple in a moment of crisis, and of the person who tries to get them to see each other again.

A searing look at the obstacles we put in our own way, as well as the forces that drive us apart (and those that bring us together), Listen to the Marriage is a poignant exploration of marriage - heartbreaking and tender.

©2018 John Jay Osborn (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Extremely real.

I feel like It is my wife and I. Except no one has cheated to my knowledge. The struggles, A conversation, the way they interact. It makes you look at your marriage in a different way. Thank you John.

WOW

this is some of the most incredible storycrafting i can recall, and the outsider's POV is one of my favorite techniques. plus, Zackman's narration and voicing were just the right level of identifiable without being overly theatrical. i zoomed through this in barely over a day, and have to force myself to wait and let the story settle before i listen again to look for the finer details. this definitely bears a reread/relisten.

great listen!

I enjoyed every minute of it, felt like I was the one sitting in that green chair listening to everything.

Healing story line

This is a timely discovery for my life and passing this along to my spouse. Thank you.

great book to listen to you!

this is a great book to listen to you! I guess that's why it's called listen to our marriage. I don't think I can sit down and read this but listening to it wasn't bad because there's a lot of he-said she-said but the narrator does a great job!

A must listen!

When I came across this wonderful novel I was actually looking for a self help book on listening, my first thought was...It's a novel, I don't read novels? With struggles in my own marriage I was drawn for some reason to listen. I often forgot I was listening to a novel as there was so much to glean from this masterpiece. This novel is so well written, the perfect balance of thought interjection from the therapist. John Jay Osborn captured so many realities of married life. I was so sorry when it came to it's end.

Interesting and Captivating

This book takes you on a journey through the inner workings of a dysfunctional marriage that finds hope against all odds. It was an addictive listen and inspiring. It opens windows into the human psyche.

Very insightful and inspiring

Lovely lovely book. Perfect narration and amazing story line. Very good read for single and married people.

Saccharine mind-reading

The writer has gone through a successful couple therapy which last many years in real life.

So he wrote this book about a similar but fictitious and much briefer experience. The green chair in the cover
represents the "abstract relationship entity", the third patient, the one we are trying to save (not our individual egos...ohhhh,so deep).

It's the typical story of a married couple with issues about trust, fidelity, intimacy, day to day decisions... Sad.

The therapist is a cool-cold woman who knows everything these two are thinking even before they do (of course...).

She acts detached, she's aggressive (local school I guess) but at the end she shows that she cares.

Somehow in the story there's a side kick about her car and her mom with not much development in the plot.

Everything that matters happens only inside the therapist room, suggesting that no matter what you did (or you are still doing) has no bearing on the couple's future, if they are willing to first break up with the past and start anew, all within those confines of the "green" room.

One more thing for the author. The supposedly Italian hot dark haired potential mistress chef has a French name in the book, not Italian...
I know it's all about the same for those in the US, but a little research would have fixed this cliche' part of the book.

And why would the therapist always need to emphasize that this chef was beautiful? To trigger a jealousy reaction in the wife? It's like kids writing.

Very interesting insights into counseling

This is very well written and well narrated to provide interesting insights into the counseling of a troubled marriage.

The therapist is a bit unconventional to say the least, but it certainly works. Enjoy!