I Married You for Happiness

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Literary
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Author: Lily Tuck ISBN: 9780802195159
Publisher: Grove Atlantic Publication: September 6, 2011
Imprint: Atlantic Monthly Press Language: English
Author: Lily Tuck
ISBN: 9780802195159
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Publication: September 6, 2011
Imprint: Atlantic Monthly Press
Language: English

A “captivating” portrait of a long marriage and a meditation on how chance can affect life from the National Book Award winner (The Washington Post).

“His hand is growing cold, still she holds it” is how this novel that contemplates love, after a husband’s sudden death, begins.

This riveting and deeply moving story unfolds over a single night, as Nina, numb with grief, sits at the bedside of her husband, Philip, whose unexpected death is the reason for her lonely vigil. There, she recalls the defining moments of their forty-three-year-long union, beginning with their meeting in Paris. She is an artist, he a mathematician—a collision of two different worlds that merged to form an intricate and passionate love.

As Nina revisits select memories—real and imagined—Lily Tuck reveals the intimacies, dark secrets, and overwhelming joys that shaped the couple’s life together.

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A “captivating” portrait of a long marriage and a meditation on how chance can affect life from the National Book Award winner (The Washington Post).

“His hand is growing cold, still she holds it” is how this novel that contemplates love, after a husband’s sudden death, begins.

This riveting and deeply moving story unfolds over a single night, as Nina, numb with grief, sits at the bedside of her husband, Philip, whose unexpected death is the reason for her lonely vigil. There, she recalls the defining moments of their forty-three-year-long union, beginning with their meeting in Paris. She is an artist, he a mathematician—a collision of two different worlds that merged to form an intricate and passionate love.

As Nina revisits select memories—real and imagined—Lily Tuck reveals the intimacies, dark secrets, and overwhelming joys that shaped the couple’s life together.

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