This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Name: This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781408842416
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By Ann Patchett

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Summary

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett is a collection of essays that blend memoir and biography. Patchett recounts her experiences with love, writing, and family life, offering insights into her personal and professional journeys. The narrative highlights her reflections on commitment and the various relationships that have shaped her life and career.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

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'So compellingly personal you feel you’re looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times

'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer.

Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage.

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.

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Ann Patchett's This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage has been praised for its engaging, personal storytelling and candid self-reflection. Critics have highlighted Patchett's graceful writing style, noting how the essays create a vivid, interconnected narrative. Her reflections on life and relationships, especially her second marriage, are described as insightful and devoid of smugness. The collection is seen as witty, warm, electrifyingly entertaining, and genuinely inspiring, combining memoir and essay into a cohesive and compelling whole.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408842416

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 August 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 226g

Pages: 320

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Ann Patchett Biography & Memoir General Fiction Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction

About the Author

Ann Patchett is the author of six novels and three books of non-fiction. She has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction three times; with The Magician’s Assistant in 1998, winning the prize with Bel Canto in 2002, and was most recently shortlisted with State of Wonder in 2012. She is also the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl, and their dog Sparky.