{"product_id":"i-married-you-for-happiness-paperback","title":"I Married You for Happiness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLily Tuck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"captivating\" portrait of a long marriage and a meditation on how chance can affect life from the National Book Award winner (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His hand is growing cold, still she holds it\" is how this novel that contemplates love, after a husband's sudden death, begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Nina revisits select memories--real and imagined--Lily Tuck reveals the intimacies, dark secrets, and overwhelming joys that shaped the couple's life together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Paris, \u003cb\u003eLily Tuck\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous novels: \u003ci\u003eInterviewing Matisse or the Woman Who Died Standing Up\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked on Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSiam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe News From Paraguay\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award. She is also the author of the biography, \u003ci\u003eWoman of Rome, A Life of Elsa Morante\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and are collected in \u003ci\u003eLimbo, or Other Places I Have Lived\u003c\/i\u003e. She divides her time between Maine and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48031250317463,"sku":"9780802145918","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/g47PaKvQBb9780802145918.webp?v=1784344182","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/i-married-you-for-happiness-paperback","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}