125 West St

After a series of recent life-changes, Charlie McCann, 36, is on the brink of another big decision. His ability to get such decisions right has been questionable, so he chooses to use the therapy couch to seek wisdom from within rather than from without.

Marianne McAndrew, after a traumatic childhood and recent heartache, is at a crossroads. Now, aged 35, a new opportunity of love presents itself, but she knows better than most about the risks which inevitably accompany such opportunities.

125 West St is not a book about philosophy but there are interesting insights of a philosophical nature throughout. It is not a book about therapy but offers unique slivers of insight into how and why talk therapy works. Primarily, it is a love story, for which seemingly there is no scientific, philosophical or therapeutic accountability, a love story that weaves forwards and backwards through eighteen years of meandering as it seeks to reach its final shore.

In every break-up, there are winners and losers. In most cases, the loser licks their wounds and walk away.

In other cases, they don't!