#30junebooks: “Made You Cry”
This book ...oh my God, this book. It is a man looking back on his 30-year marriage as his wife is dying of cancer. The highs, the lows, the regrets, the mistakes he made— by the end, I was ugly crying so much my husband came running to see what was wrong. Totally worth the emotional wipeout.
@howjessreads
Saw this on Bookstr and had to chuckle! Mr K and I exchanged books (and chocolate) on Christmas Eve for the first time this year and he is actually reading the book....he‘s a non reader really, but is trying!
pickThis is the story of Enrique and his wife Margaret, alternating between the first weeks of their acquaintance and the bittersweet final weeks of her life as she says goodbye to her family, friends, and children. I had tears in my eyes from the beginning, and I was outright sobbing by the last page. It's a stunningly beautiful elegy to the ebb and flow of marriage --the good, the bad, and the ugly -- and to the meaning of life and love itself.
pickWhat can you say about a 54 year old woman who died? (Sorry, Erich Segal) NYC couple Enrique & Margaret, joined in marriage for 29 years, go through the final months of Margaret's life in a series of flashbacks that chronicle the ups & downs of their relationship. Alternately explicit in the disease details & their personal histories this novel is a slice of reality that many people will experience if they stay together long enough.
My husband is one of my #bestbuds and we encourage one another's obsessive #readinghabits with regular bookstore visits (even took engagement shots at our favorite). #JubilantJuly
A heavily autobiographical fiction about a writer whose wife is dying. In taking care of her, there are flashbacks upon their 30-year marriage while he gets ready to say all those things he meant to tell her all along... Grover Gardner manages to tell the story without becoming maudlin #audiobookpantheon #recommendsday
A Happy Marriage: A Novel | 
