The Brink by Jamie Fewery
Paperback published by Legend Press 4th May
ISBN 9781915643872
An addictive love story told in reverse Two kids. Three houses. Four flats. And one affair apiece. Now, after fifteen years together, Dan and Anya Moorecroft are on the brink.
But as they go through couples mediation, dissecting their shared history in sessions surrounded by lawyers and paperwork, are they about to find something worth saving ? Or are they going to reaffirm their decision to end things for good?
MY REVIEW
I love reading fiction novels about husband and wife’s relationships. I highly recommend. I found The Brink, most enjoyable, being totally different from some of the other marriage problems, I normally read about.
Dan and Anya are on the brink of their marriage after being together for fifteen years. Dan confesses to his wife Anya, that he’s being sleeping with another woman. Instead of going through a stressful courtroom battle with lawyers, Anya suggests to Dan, mediation sounds a better idea.
Part of a chapter on pages 20-23
‘Okay,’ Margot began, ‘I’ve spoken to you both individually. But I’d like to start these sessions with a little reminder of why we’re here.’ She handed both of them a stack of A4 pages, stapled together in the top corner.
‘Mediation is a way of ending the period of your life together that’s defined by your marriage,’ she said, clasping her hands together.
‘As you know, my method is a blend of counselling and mediation. So in the course of our time together today and tomorrow, we’ll cover the emotional side of your relationship and the physical and shared property when you separate. And how your relationship your partnership should look like when you’re on the other side of this river we must cross together.’
Medication is not about blame. Or scoring points off of one another for the things you each believe that the other did wrong. We’ll explore the past . But our focus is on the future only, and ensuring that we come to an understanding that is mutual, kind and created by you, not enforced on to you. As we proceed, you will see me filling out some documents and taking notes. These will become the Minutes of Agreement and relevant forms your solicitors and I must lodge at court to obtain your decree nisi.
‘Just a few preliminaries first. Now, Dan, you are Daniel Peter Moorcroft. Thirty-nine years old. Living in Suffolk. And you are a she paused. It says here a repair man.’ Sort of. I repair instruments. Guitars, mainly.’ ‘Lovely. And Anya Siobhan Moorcroft, maiden name O’ Hanrahan. Forty. Also living in Suffolk. And you are a writer.’
Jamie Fewery is an author, journalist and copywriter. He has written for the Daily Telegraph, Five Dials and Wired, and works for a London-based marketing and creative agency. He lives in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire with his wife and son. Our Life in a Day is his first novel; his second, The Way Back, is out in December 2019.
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