“I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people - a feeling that you can't imagine will ever fade in the beginning when everything comes so easily. I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That is the only real way to grow together, instead of apart.”

American author

Emily Giffin is an American author known for her contemporary novels. She is best known for books including Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter, Where We Belong, and The One and Only. Her fiction is widely read for its focus on relationships and the private choices that shape them. The novels named in her profile have made her a familiar voice in popular fiction, especially for stories centered on love, friendship, and the tensions between them.