{"product_id":"the-long-accomplishment-a-memoir-of-hope-and-struggle-in-matrimony-9781250214799","title":"The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e A] moving, funny, hauntingly brilliant memoir about marriage.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Caroline Leavitt, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Moody, the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage in this eventful, month-by-month account. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the start of \u003ci\u003eThe Long Accomplishment\u003c\/i\u003e, Moody, a recovering alcoholic and sexual compulsive with a history of depression, is also the divorced father of a beloved little girl and a man in love; his answer to the question \"Would you like to be in a committed relationship?\" is, fully and for the first time in his life, \"Yes.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so his second marriage begins as he emerges, humbly and with tender hopes, from the wreckage of his past, only to be battered by a stormy sea of external troubles--miscarriages, the deaths of friends, and robberies, just for starters. As Moody has put it, \"This is a story in which a lot of bad luck is the daily fare of the protagonists, but in which they are also in love.\" To Moody's astonishment, matrimony turns out to be the site of strength in hard times, a vessel infinitely tougher and more durable than any boat these two participants would have traveled by alone. Love buoys the couple, lifting them above their hardships, and the reader is buoyed along with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250214799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Rick Moody","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648695431324,"sku":"9781250214799","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b01eb92a-99eb-44df-83b9-d06fbb908076.jpg?v=1603870774","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-long-accomplishment-a-memoir-of-hope-and-struggle-in-matrimony-9781250214799","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}