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The Question of Love

By Hugh Mackay
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The Question of Love delves into the intricate reality behind the facade of a seemingly perfect marriage. Richard, a successful architect, and Freya, a gifted violinist, inhabit a life that appears enviable from the outside. Yet beneath the surface, their relationship wrestles with the complexities and contradictions inherent in human love. Hugh Mackay's novel offers a profound, nuanced exploration of intimacy and the often unspoken struggles within a marriage.
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What really goes on in a marriage?

Richard and Freya are, on the surface, a perfect couple. He has a thriving architectural practice; she plays the violin like an angel. They live in a beautiful home. They seem respectful and caring of one another.

They should be happier than they are.

In The Question of Love, Hugh Mackay has constructed a novel of stunning originality - both a sympathetic examination of a marriage and a nuanced exposition of the complexities and contradictions of human love.

Starkly observed, beautifully written and intricately plotted, The Question of Love explores the myriad ways we resist the terrible beauty of true intimacy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760787752

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 August 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: Macmillan Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 288g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Hugh Mackay is a social researcher and bestselling author of 21 books, including What Makes Us Tick, The Good Life and Australia Reimagined. His latest non-fiction book is The Inner Self, published in May 2020 concurrently with his eighth novel, The Question of Love. He has had a 60-year career in social research, and was a weekly newspaper columnist for over 25 years. Among many honorary appointments, he has been deputy chairman of the Australia Council for the Arts, chairman of trustees of Sydney Grammar School, the inaugural chairman of the ACT government's Community Inclusion Board and an honorary professor at Macquarie, Wollongong and Charles Sturt universities. He is currently a patron of the Asylum Seekers Centre. Hugh is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the Royal Society of NSW. In recognition of his pioneering work in social research, he has been awarded honorary doctorates by Charles Sturt, Macquarie, NSW, Western Sydney and Wollongong universities. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015.

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