Marrying It All is Diana Button’s debut novel, set in Luxembourg. It follows Sabina, a woman on a quest to cure herself of Luxusitis—a dis-ease she defines as Life Deficiency.

At the stroke of midnight on the Millennium New Year, her bathroom mirror transforms into a beast and informs her that her joy and vitality have vanished down the plughole—along with her mascara and foundation. Determined to recover them before she turns forty, Sabina seeks out an enigmatic dress designer who claims to restore both appearance and inner life.

What follows is a playful, poetic journey in which reality and fantasy blur, and past and present dance together. Written in a vivid stream-of-consciousness style, the novel’s fast-moving inner and outer dialogue brings Sabina’s world to life.

First published in 2003, Marrying It All was launched with readings and signings at Luxembourg’s English bookshop Chapter One. It received national cultural radio and TV coverage, a full feature in the international community magazine, and saw 500 copies go out into the world—near best-seller status in Luxembourg.

A novel for readers drawn to magical realism, midlife transformation, and the search for authenticity in a world of glossy surfaces.

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