On Chesil Beach

[Levin]

Read this book by Ian McEwan this weekend; it's wonderful. It focuses on the wedding night of two Brits, both virgins, and is set in the early 1960s. I don't want to say too much about the plot, but McEwan paints a perfect picture of the inner thoughts and lives of these two people, wonderfully contrasted with their outward expressions and actions.

And how far does a little understanding, patience, and empathy go? Just a little could save the hopes of a relationship.

Highly Recommended. It should be required reading for each newly engaged couple.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Levin

Read this book by Ian McEwan this weekend; it's wonderful. It focuses on the wedding night of two Brits, both virgins, and is set in the early 1960s. I don't want to say too much about the plot, but McEwan paints a perfect picture of the inner thoughts and lives of these two people, wonderfully contrasted with their outward expressions and actions.

And how far does a little understanding, patience, and empathy go? Just a little could save the hopes of a relationship.

Highly Recommended. It should be required reading for each newly engaged couple.

If engaged couples are sexually experienced is it still necessary to read it as a textbook?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

If engaged couples are sexually experienced is it still necessary to read it as a textbook?

He made it sound as if it's related to the emotional issues not the sexual issues, but perhaps I misinterpreted.

[Levin]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

If engaged couples are sexually experienced is it still necessary to read it as a textbook?

Ha ha. While there's some anatomy in the book, your most recent issue of National Geographic probably would be more instructional. Archaea's right, the book is about the emotional aspects of a newly married couple's sexual relationship.

[Levin]

This book is lingering in my consciousness. Has nobody else read it?