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The Story of a Marriage: A Novel
The Story of a Marriage: A Novel
The Story of a Marriage: A Novel
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The Story of a Marriage: A Novel

By Andrew Sean Greer

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A Today Show Summer Reads Pick

A Washington Post Book of the Year

"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."

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMacmillan Publishers
Release dateApr 29, 2008
ISBN9781429945172
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Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of several works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Less, and 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 also 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.

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