title: Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity
author: Katherine Willis Pershey;Eugene H. Peterson (foreword)
description: "Marriage is beautiful and brutal. Marriage is brutiful. Katherine tells the truth about marriage and sets couples free to love each other imperfectly, without shame. I am so grateful for Katherine's wise, brave voice and her important work in the world."
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **_A renowned Hollywood director will fight for the love of his life in this
  classic, must-read novel from_ New York Times _bestselling author Brenda
  Jackson! Originally published in the 2010 anthology_ In Too Deep.**
  
  
  **Husband Material**
  
  
  Matthew Birmingham is used to getting what he wants…and what he wants his ex-
  wife. When she returns to their Hamptons estate for the summer, he vows to win
  her back. But Carmen Akins is hiding a tragic secret from their past that will
  put their reconciliation to the ultimate test.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Husband Material
  
  
  _Brenda Jackson_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0003.html#ch01)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0004.html#ch02)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0005.html#ch03)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0006.html#ch04)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0007.html#ch05)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0008.html#ch06)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](part0009.html#ch07)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](part0010.html#ch08)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](part0011.html#ch09)