The Watchmakers

This book dropped out of me ten years ago when I worked in a cube and woke up at night after dreams of driving off a bridge. I had little kids and a job, but I was still young. Writing the thing made me change everything in real life and it's pretty good and I still love the characters, so I decided to stick it out there. Nathan and Jeannie. They are in their early 30s and are coming undone. Nathan doesn't want to be a salesman, but he gets good. Jeannie doesn't want to be married to a salesman, so she takes the kids and leaves. His sudden freedom jacks Nathan to the moon (from which he falls). Both find that a lifestyle is not real life.