Sex is never just about sex.
From the outside, Nika Stewart’s life looks perfect: two loving kids, afulfilling job as an elementary-school librarian, and a wonderfulsecond marriage to Ethan, her sexy husband. The only problem? Shedoesn’t want to have sex with him.
Maybe it’s the harrowing hot flashes and formidable fatigue, or maybeit’s trying to juggle a weed-junkie dad, an onerous stepsister, and the avalanche of responsibilities that have left sex just another chore to cross off the to-do list.
When an honest conversation with her best friend leaves Nika worriedher aversion to sex might drive Ethan away, she begrudgingly agreesto see a sex therapist. But as the sessions go on, Nika discovers thattalking about sex with a therapist isn’t the same as facing the problemwith her husband and that sex with Ethan might not be the onlyproblem after all.
Filled with humor, candor, and at least one pair of role-playing chaps, The Marriage Debt examines the hard truths about sex thatoverbooked women face in their forties, as well as the joys still tocome once a woman knows who she is and how to ask for what shewants. The