Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. Sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novel is the rich, expansive story of one such marriage, viewed over the course of 24 years.



Every story has two sides.
Every relationship has two perspectives.
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.

At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed.