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A Necessary Pain

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A Necessary Pain is a novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

When Matt hands his wife Sophie a spreadsheet titled Proposal for the Optimization of Marital Finances, he proposes that all living expenses be split 50/50. After seven years together and three years of marriage, Sophie had given up her career as a CPA to become a full-time homemaker. She agrees without a fight, then begins applying his own rule to every corner of their home.

Breakfast, ironing, the study light, the washing machine—each becomes a line item. She drafts a Household Resource Usage Agreement and a spreadsheet named Marriage Liquidation, billing him for half the condo, utilities and a ruined silk blouse. Matt's fury turns to tenderness when his phone rings: Erin, his college sweetheart, is on the line.

Sophie now sees the financial plan for what it may be, and the liquidation has officially begun.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

I didn’t cry. I didn't scream. I just looked at him calmly and said, "Okay."

The next morning, he got dressed in his tailored suit and frowned. "Where's breakfast?"

A cold smile touched my lips. "We're 50/50, remember? You're on your own."

He froze. I smiled. This was just the beginning…

The candlelight from our third-anniversary dinner cast a glacial glow on the laptop screen Matt had pushed in front of me.

He had meticulously crafted an Excel spreadsheet. The title, in a cold, sans-serif font, read: Proposal for the Optimization of Marital Finances.

Optimization. What an insult.

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Contents

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Which chapters of A Necessary Pain are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

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What is A Necessary Pain about?

When Matt hands his wife Sophie a spreadsheet titled Proposal for the Optimization of Marital Finances, he proposes that all living expenses be split 50/50. After seven years together and three years of marriage, Sophie had given up her career as a CPA to become a full-time homemaker. She agrees without a fight, then begins applying his own rule to every corner of their home.

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