The Story of a Marriage
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The Story of a Marriage

A Novel

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."

Book details

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication year
2008
Collection
Language
English
ISBN
9781429945172
LAN
a53ecef4e1e6

Formats

Paperback ePub

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