by Fawn Weaver
First published 2014
Fawn Weaver runs a successful business and enjoys a fulfilling marriage with Keith, the love of her life. Then she notices something troubling. Divorce statistics flood the evening news. Reality shows like The Real Housewives of Orange County showcase marital drama. Daytime television features spouses revealing betrayals and failures. These negative portrayals of marriage dominate media coverage and seem to doom relationships to failure. Weaver refuses to accept this narrative. She knows happy marriages exist because she lives in one. She creates the blog HappyWivesClub.com and shares the link with five friends. The simple invitation explodes into an international community spanning over 100 countries with nearly 400,000 members. Weaver embarks on a global journey to meet these women and uncover their marriage secrets. She travels through eighteen cities across six continents, walking the streets of Mauritius, exploring historic ruins in Italy, and taking in the landscapes of New Zealand and Australia. Her path leads from Cape Town to London, Manila to Buenos Aires, Winnipeg to Zagreb. Along the way, she discovers that thriving marriages exist everywhere when you actively seek them out.
Genres: family, self-help, contemporary, relationships, non-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Australia, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Italy, London, Mauritius, Manila, New Zealand, Winnipeg, Zagreb
Period: 21st-century
272 pages · Paperback · Thomas Nelson