How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

As the title indicates, this is not the tale of a marriage's dissolution but its unlikely continuation. The story begins when the author's wife turns to him after dinner one ordinary night and says she wants a divorce. He is stunned. Key's voice is frank and funny, even as he relates, almost in real time, how he learned of his wife Lauren's affair with a family friend and the chaos this revelation brought to his family, including the couple's three young daughters. Early on, Key takes a close friend's advice to fight for his wife, and proceeds to interrogate his own role in their problems, the past unaddressed traumas that continue to fuel present hurts, and what his Christian faith means to his life and relationship now. I'm sure my jaw dropped a time or two while reading, including when Lauren showed up to voice her own chapter in which she shares her side of what happened. I hear the print is great but I enjoyed this on audio: Key's humor added levity to tough moments, and his Southern accent was a nice surprise and fitting for a story that unfolds mostly in Savannah.