The Year of the End: A Memoir of Marriage, Truth and Fiction

Written by Anne Theroux

Narrated by Anne Theroux

‘This memoir is based on the diary I kept during 1990, the year that my first marriage came to an end.'

After 22 years, spent across four continents, with two children – Louis and Marcel – in 1990 Anne and Paul Theroux decided to separate.

For that year, Anne – later a professional relationship therapist herself – kept a diary, noting not only her day-to day experiences as a busy freelance journalist and broadcaster, but the contrasts in her feelings between despairing grief and hope for a new future.

With reflections on truth and fiction, literature and art and the nature of marriage, alongside commentary on notable political and cultural events, and interviews with prominent writers of the time, including Kingsley Amis and Barbara Cartland, The Year of the End offers a unique insight into the unravelling of a relationship and the attempts to rebuild a life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Jul 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781004045068

Reviews for The Year of the End

[Matthew Gibb · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a divorced woman's diary, but I am fond of the writer's work, so it shows how complicated his family life has been. Both of them had indiscretions and both of them have expressed scorn towards one another. When people are young and inexperienced they can either compliment one another or go their seperate ways. Anne is clearly erudite and driven and also raised two magnificent boys, who are also notable.