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The Marriage Act by John Marrs

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THE MARRIAGE ACT
By: John Marrs

Hanover Square Press
May 2024
On Sale: May 14, 2024
448 pages
ISBN: 1335012540
EAN: 9781335012548
Kindle: B0BHTBN3Z8
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Hardcover (May 2023)

Literature and Fiction | Fiction

What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?

Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills—the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single.

But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives—monitoring every word, every minor disagreement…and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honor and obey.