In the style of Ann Packer and Anita Shreve, this luminous novel follows one free-spirited woman as she traverses the battleground of marriage and divorce.

Undoing I Do is the story of an unconventional but unconquerable woman’s determination to overcome the termination of her marriage. When Claire’s fairytale romance with her husband begins to unravel, she must face her future alone as a single mother. Her struggle to survive her divorce while protecting her children from the fallout is a tale full of insight, honesty, and humor.

This soul-bearing novel will have readers laughing, crying, and enjoying every beautifully-crafted sentence.

“It gives us a close look at what it’s like to live through a tough divorce, but it’s told with humor, hope, and an emphasis on love.”
-Anastasia Royal

“A Moment of Beauty” – Redbook

“Royal limns the raw depths of Claire’s suffering with both disarming candor and delicate subtlety. Poignant, painful, lyrical, Royal’s treatment of this lamentably common condition is astonishingly uncommon in the sheer force of its sympathetic honesty.” – Booklist

Anastasia Royal is an artist, musician, composer, poet, playwright and actress.
Undoing I Do is her first novel.