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Story of a Marriage
Contributor(s): Greer, Andrew Sean (Author)
ISBN: 0312428286     ISBN-13: 9780312428280
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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Annotation: "A "Today Show "Summer Reads Pick"

NPR "Critics' Lists: Summer 2008
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"We think we know the ones we love." So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect, and devastating exploration of the mystery at the heart of every relationship, how we can ever truly know another person. It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful young housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset District in San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health, but also for her son who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep, and everything changes. Lyrical, and surprising, "The Story of a Marriage" is, in the words of Khaled Housseini, "a book about love, and it is a marvel to watch Greer probe the mysteries of love to such devastating effect." "Andrew Greer writes with an aching clarity of the heart. This is an exquisite story with shattering realizations about love."
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2008048081
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.44 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Locality - San Francisco, California
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Sex & Gender - Gay
- Cultural Region - Northern California
 
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Publisher Description:

A Novel from the Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of LESS
A Today Show Summer Reads Pick
A Washington Post Book of the Year

"Inspired, lyrical . . . Mr. Greer's considerable gifts as a storyteller ascend to the heights of masters like Marilynne Robinson and William Trevor. . . . He] seamlessly choreographs an intricate narrative that speaks authentically to the longings and desires of his characters." --S. Kirk Walsh, The New York Times

We think we know the ones we love. So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect, and devastating exploration of the mystery at the heart of every relationship--how we can ever truly know another person.

It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful young housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset District in San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health, but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep, and everything changes. Lyrical, and surprising, The Story of a Marriage is, in the words of Khaled Housseini, a book about love, and it is a marvel to watch Greer probe the mysteries of love to such devastating effect.

Contributor Bio(s): Greer, Andrew Sean: - Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of five works of fiction, including The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named a Best Book of the Year by both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune. He is the recipient of the Northern California Book Award, the California Book Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the O Henry Award for Short Fiction, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Public Library. Greer lives in San Francisco.