<![CDATA[The Story of a Marriage: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[The Story of a Marriage: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255631370m/6384444.jpg 1972091 9 <div><div><b>From the bestselling author of <i>The Confessions of Max Tivoli</i>, a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San Francisco</b> "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 housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of 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. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of $100,000? For six months in 1953, young Pearlie Cook struggles to understand the world around her, most especially her husband, Holland. Pearlie's story is a meditation not only on love but also on the effects of war—with one war just over and another one in Korea coming to a close. Set in a climate of fear and repression - political, sexual, and racial - <i>The Story of a Marriage </i>portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it. Lyrical and surprising, <i>The Story of a Marriage </i>looks back at a period that we tend to misremember as one of innocence and simplicity. 1975341 29 4 2008 The Story of a Marriage: A Novel total:1008|5:171|4:368|3:309|2:130|1:30| 1008 3544 1872 366 4 7 false false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:38:30 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 10:16:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 5 false false Tue Jul 29 23:31:04 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 13:05:28 -0700 2008
...So I took this on my trip because the plot intrigued me, and because I've been curious about Andrew Sean Greer's work for a long time, and, well, because its shortness pleased me. Weight is always a factor when choosing beach reading, isn't it?

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Who are we? How do the choices that we make affect the rest of our lives? Fate.... and How could we TRULY EVER know the family + friends that w...more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon Jun 02 20:07:37 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 21:24:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Mon Mar 09 22:30:29 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:24:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 00:32:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 00:43:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 26 12:02:29 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:23:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:35:31 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:36:23 -0700 2009

I was attracted to this paperback book because of its cover. I read a couple of pages and the read was decent so I bought it. The entire book was a gentle surprise. I will try another book of his.

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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 relati...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 30 13:18:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 16:55:06 -0700 2009 The plot was just a little strange, but it was interesting to me. I followed someone else's advice, and started the book without reading any reviews. Just take the book for what it's worth, as it provides it to you. Takes pl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 06:50:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:38:22 -0700 2009
This, like the authors other book, is amazingly well written and sucks you in with ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 11 13:57:22 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:15:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 23:06:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 23:22:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:00:52 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:02:20 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 18 17:17:12 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 15 05:55:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:56:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:56:30 -0800 2009 The Story of a Marriage is "a perfect mix of what we seek from literature��captivating storytelling; a complex, finely tuned structure; stunning language; and astute observations about both the mundane intricacies of everyday relationships and society as a whole," notes the Los Angeles Ti...

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