My Thoughts on…This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

I like reading books about writing. Not the “why you should avoid a dangling participle” or “how to choose the right point of view for your novel” type of books but rather books that are about the writing process: the creative parts, the frustrating aspects, the “I’m full of doubt about this piece I’m working on, but I can’t let it go” side of writing.

And I especially love reading books about writing that are written in the first person. By the writer. Who is dealing with the creative parts, th...