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What happens to a marriage when love slowly gives way to distance, frustration, and emotional loneliness? Lex and Didi seemed like the perfect couple for years. He: charismatic, witty, and successful as an editor and presenter at the Netherlands’ largest football magazine. She: independent, loyal, and the steady force within the family. Together they build a future, buy a house, and have a son. But behind the façade, a crisis quietly grows—one that becomes increasingly difficult to ignore. When Lex unexpectedly loses his job and the identity he carefully constructed begins to collapse, they are forced to confront the truth: can a relationship be saved if you’ve never truly dared to face yourself? In the Eye of the Storm is a compelling novel about love, intergenerational trauma, male vulnerability, and the gradual disintegration of a marriage in which no one ever really learned how to deal with pain.

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