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The Marriage Sabbatical
by Cheryl Jarvis
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Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: Broadway (January 08 2002)
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Chapter 1: The Journey That Brings You Home
I'm sitting at the dining-room table making phone calls, struggling to get a job in a city where creative opportunities are limited. The right side of my neck aches from my prolonged, hunched-over position.

Chapter 1: The Journey That Brings You Home
I'm sitting at the dining-room table making phone calls, struggling to get a job in a city where creative opportunities are limited. The right side of my neck aches from my prolonged, hunched-over position.

Chapter 1: The Journey That Brings You Home
Modern interpretations give the word a deeper dimension. Theologians have defined the Sabbath as spirit in the form of time, a day of re-creation or reconnection.



Book Description

Now in paperback, the uplifting, inspirational book that is an open invitation to married women everywhere to go off on their own, follow their dreams and desires, and come back to happier, healthier relationships.

From Harriet Beecher Stowe to Ann Morrow Lindbergh, women have been taking marriage sabbaticals for centuries to explore their sense of self. What is a marriage sabbatical? It is simply a time away from your daily routines to nurture your own creative, intellectual, or spiritual strengths.

In this personal yet practical book, Cheryl Jarvis chronicles the story of her own marriage sabbatical a three-month stay at writers' colonies and the experiences of 55 other women who took time and space away. Through these reflective and empowering ventures, the author illuminates the issues involved: the logistics, the finances, the fears. Whether it's hiking the Appalachian Trail, holing up in a cabin to paint, or taking a class in another city, a marriage sabbatical can bring new life and understanding to a longterm partnership.

About the Author

Cheryl Jarvis

Cheryl Jarvis is a freelance journalist whose writing has appeared in national publications, including the Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan. She is also an adjunct instructor in journalism at Washington University and Webster University in St. Louis, where she lives with her husband..

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