Am Strand by Ian McEwan

Am Strand follows Edward and Florence, a young newlywed couple spending their wedding night at a hotel on the English coast in 1962. Although they love each other, both are nervous and inexperienced about intimacy, and their inability to communicate openly creates a painful misunderstanding. A single moment on their wedding night changes the direction of their lives, and the novel explores love, fear, repression, communication, and lifelong regret.