"At the start of The Rest of Our Lives, we learn that Tom, a 55-year-old law professor from New York, plans to leave his wife just as soon as he has dropped their youngest child off at college. Tom and Amy have been together for 30 years. He believes theirs to be a C-minus marriage which was irreparably ruptured when Amy had an affair 12 years previously."
"Tom is not a reliable narrator of his life, though he is nonetheless a compelling protagonist even in his flagrant moments of self-deception. The voice actor Eric Meyers is the narrator who expertly conveys Tom's bubbling discontent, even if there's a slight panto quality to his voicing of female characters. We gradually gather there are wider issues fomenting Tom's unhappiness, from a simmering illness that he imagines is long Covid,"
Tom is a 55-year-old law professor who plans to leave his wife after dropping their youngest child at college. He views his 30-year marriage as a C-minus damaged irreparably by an affair twelve years earlier. He continues driving after leaving their daughter in Pittsburgh, revisiting friends and places while pursuing his lost youth. Tom is not reliable about his own life and displays self-deception alongside bubbling discontent. Underlying factors include a simmering illness he believes is long Covid and a forced sabbatical after student complaints, both of which he has concealed from his wife. The road journey brings freedom and fresh perspective.
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