{"product_id":"a-happy-marriage-9781439102312","title":"A Happy Marriage","description":"\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHappy Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, Yglesias's return to fiction after a thirteen-year hiatus, was inspired by his relationship with his wife, who died in 2004. Both intimate and expansive, it is a stunningly candid novel that alternates between the romantic misadventures of the first weeks of the courtship of Enrique Sabas and his wife Margaret and the final months of her life as she says good-bye to her family, friends, and children--and to Enrique. Spanning thirty years, this achingly honest story is about what it means for two people to spend a lifetime together--and what makes a happy marriage. \"Anyone in a relationship will be able to relate,\" said \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told from the husband's point of view, with revelatory and sometimes disarming candor, the novel charts the ebb and flow of marriage, illuminating both the mundane moments and the magic. Bold, elegiac, and emotionally suspenseful, Yglesias's beautiful novel will break every reader's heart--while encouraging all of us with its clear-eyed evocation of the enduring value of marital love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439102312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2010 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rafael Yglesias","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43132873867445,"sku":"9781439102312","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_91a9b42f-0872-43cf-8bc9-c5ee646ab594.jpg?v=1695135392","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-happy-marriage-9781439102312","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}