Talking the Joys and Rules of Open Marriage

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Molly Roden Winter and her husband have been married for 24 years. But since 2008 they have also dated other people — an arrangement that Winter details in her new memoir, “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage.” In this week’s episode, Sarah Lyall chats with Winter about her book, her marriage and why she decided to go public.

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0:00.0	I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review and this is the Book Review
0:08.0	podcast.
0:09.2	This week we're lucky to have Sarah Lyle back with us.
0:12.5	Last year, she hosted some great interviews,
0:14.6	including with the actor Richard E Grant and Zady Smith.
0:18.2	This week, she's in conversation
0:19.8	with the author of one of this month's buzzier books, at least among those of us interested in reading
0:25.3	about marriage and middle age and relationships.
0:28.5	The book is More, a memoir of open marriage, and the author is Molly Rodin Winter. Book review reporter
0:34.5	Alexandra Alter wrote a fascinating profile a few weeks ago that really went deep
0:38.8	into Winter's non-monogamous relationship with her husband of several decades, her early years of
0:44.3	exploring this nontraditional lifestyle, what it felt like to be a frazzled mother
0:48.6	continuing to learn about herself and her sexuality and how she and her husband navigated telling their children
0:55.6	all about it.
0:56.6	I urge you to check out Aleksandrus Peace.
0:58.5	But before you do, and since you're already here, stick around to listen to a fascinating conversation between
1:04.0	Sarah Lyle and Molly Rodin Winter.
1:07.0	I'm delighted to be speaking to Molly Rodin Winter, the author of Moore, a memoir of Open
1:17.6	Marriage. Molly lives in Park Slope with her husband and her two sons. This is her first
1:23.6	first book.
1:24.4	Molly, hi, welcome to the podcast.
1:26.5	Thanks so much for having me.
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