ISBN: 9781427204622

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 ano… Altro …

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. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived and tried to protect her family are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of a hundred thousand dollars? For six months in 1953 young Pearlie Cook struggles to understand the world around her, and most especially her husband, Holland. Pearlie’s story is a meditation not only on love but also on the effects of war, with one war recently over and another coming to a close. Set in a climate of fear and repression–political, sexual, and racial–The Story of a Marriage portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it. Lyrical and surprising, The Story of a Marriage looks back at a period that we tend to misremember as one of innocence and simplicity. Andrew Sean Greer, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Story of a Marriage: A Novel Books>Fiction and Literature From the bestselling author of "The Confessions of Max Tivoli" comes a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San Francisco.<

ISBN: 9781427204622

Caring for her ill husband and son in 1953 San Francisco, dutiful housewife Pearlie questions everything she has ever believed about her husband after the appearance of a stranger who mys… Altro …

Caring for her ill husband and son in 1953 San Francisco, dutiful housewife Pearlie questions everything she has ever believed about her husband after the appearance of a stranger who mysteriously offers her a considerable sum of money. Hörbücher > Fremdsprachige Hörbücher > Englische Hörbücher 15.0 cm x 13.6 cm x 2.4 cm mm , Highroads Media, CD, Highroads Media<

2008, EAN: 9781427204622

CD, Used, good, Good condition. Audio CD. Case Very Good. Box Very Good. 6 disc set. Unabridged edition. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted., [PU: Ma… Altro …

CD, Used, good, Good condition. Audio CD. Case Very Good. Box Very Good. 6 disc set. Unabridged edition. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted., [PU: MacMillan Audio]<

2008, ISBN: 1427204624

[EAN: 9781427204622], New book, [PU: Macmillan Audio], Never used!