My Marriage Sabbatical: A Memoir of Solo Travel and Lasting Love

What if you could have a different marriage without having to get a different spouse? At age sixty, marital therapist, Leah Fisher, does just that. She wants to explore the world; he wants to focus on his career. After much discussion, the couple agrees to be apart for a year, each pursuing their own dream while arranging for periodic reunions and nurturing a committed relationship.

Leah’s solo journey leads her to a shaman in the Amazon, a Colombian drug runner, a massive earthquake, volunteer projects, loving families, and lots of swimming in warm oceans. The couple’s relationship changes…for the better. Unknowingly, they’ve been reconfiguring their idea of a good marriage, shaping one that better suits their needs in the second half of life.

This wise and often humorous book combines an intimate view of a long-term marriage, guidance in couple negotiation, healing adventures, and an inspiring example of individual expression and relational growth in later life.

“A bold audacious experiment… described with breathtaking honesty.”
— Judith Viorst

“An inspiring travel remembrance… a practical guidebook to marital satisfaction. “
— Kirkus

“As she and Charley continually alter their relationship, they model lived feminism and compromise. The result is wanderlust-inducing—the stuff of dreams and daring.”
— NEW PAGES.COM

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