"In this career-spanning essay collection, Ann Patchett tackles all of the best things: love, writing, reading, bookstores, dogs (is there anything else, really?)
Every piece here is a keeper. The title essay: perfection. The long piece 'The Getaway Car' soars into the pantheon of the very best writing about writing, right up there with Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life and Ann Lamott’s Bird by Bird. And, of course, we bookmongers are partial to 'The Bookstore Strikes Back.'"
Publisher Harper Perennial
Publication Date 2014-10-07
Section New Titles - Paperback / Biography
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780062236685
Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, Run, and Bel Canto, examines her deepest commitments—to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband—creating a resonant portrait of a life in This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage takes us into the very real world of Ann Patchett’s life. Stretching from her childhood to the present day, from a disastrous early marriage to a later happy one, it covers a multitude of topics, including relationships with family and friends, and charts the hard work and joy of writing, and the unexpected thrill of opening a bookstore. As she shares stories of the people, places, ideals, and art to which she has remained indelibly committed, Ann Patchett brings into focus the large experiences and small moments that have shaped her as a daughter, wife, and writer.
