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A Happy Marriage
A Happy Marriage: A Novel | Rafael Yglesias
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Enrique Sabas and his wife, Margaret, experience the highs and lows of a thirty-year marriage, beginning with a first encounter in Greenwich Village, the doubts that marked their middle years, and the final weeks of reconciliation before Margaret's death.
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Amiable
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#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.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders Oh wow that sounds like the perfect book for me! Going to have to see if I can get my hands on it. 5y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders Heh!! Already had that one on the TBR. Knew it sounded right! ☺️ 5y
Amiable @Penny_LiteraryHoarders I know that feeling! I had to set up my Goodreads account so I could keep track of the books I own —I kept buying the same books because they sounded good to me ...again and again! 😀 5y
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Mitch
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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!

DGRachel That‘s so sweet! (edited) 5y
Amiable Have you read the tagged book? I loved it. It made me sob so hard --big, ugly crying. 5y
GingerAntics YES!!! 💙💙💙 5y
Soubhiville That‘s great! I gave Maelstrom the book he asked for, and he read with me on Christmas Eve, but it‘s been sitting dejectedly in his nightstand since then 🤣. Which is pretty much what I expected to happen. 5y
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Amiable
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This 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.

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What 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.

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Andrea313
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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

Cinfhen Love EVERYTHING about this post ❤️❤️ 7y
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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

Dogearedcopy N.b. - A friend bright this to me at an industry/social event asking if Blackstone would be interested in producing it. I harangued Blackstone into acquiring the audiobook rights. I was in the studio for the casting auditions (though I did NOT cast it); and I was the studio engineer. I am also married to the narrator. 8y
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