Author: Rachel Pastan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440651078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Intelligent, crisp, ironic, and well-paced, This Side of Married brings to mind a pleasing cross of Jane Austen and Laurie Colwin. It is a sparkling domestic novel of romantic love and familial loyalties that is as heady as a glass of good champagne and as deliciously pleasurable as an authentic Sacher torte. This Side of Married introduces the Rubin girls—three eligible sisters in an affluent family in a comfortable Philadelphia suburb, dominated by a strong-willed matriarch whose defining wish is to see each of them well-married. One daughter, Isabel, already is, although less than happily; a second, Alice, is about to tumble head over heels into a speedy engagement; the third and youngest, Tina, is blithely and resolutely single, though always dreaming of the perfect wedding to come. As various men enter from the wings, the daughters’ lives are thrown into unexpected upheaval—from Theo, Isabel’s lawyer husband, who is hardly the idealistic young man he once was; to Anthony Wolf, the promising cardiologist to whom Dr. Rubin, the girls’ mother, introduces Alice; to his friend, Simon Goldenstern, Anthony’s sardonic journalist friend who does everything in his power to protect the girls from the big bad wolf; to the unlikely cousin who turns up, Soren Zank, an environmentalist who made his first fortune in Silicon Valley, and who becomes the comic relief in this smartly observed and richly satisfying contemporary comedy of manners.
This Side of Married
Author: Rachel Pastan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440651078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Intelligent, crisp, ironic, and well-paced, This Side of Married brings to mind a pleasing cross of Jane Austen and Laurie Colwin. It is a sparkling domestic novel of romantic love and familial loyalties that is as heady as a glass of good champagne and as deliciously pleasurable as an authentic Sacher torte. This Side of Married introduces the Rubin girls—three eligible sisters in an affluent family in a comfortable Philadelphia suburb, dominated by a strong-willed matriarch whose defining wish is to see each of them well-married. One daughter, Isabel, already is, although less than happily; a second, Alice, is about to tumble head over heels into a speedy engagement; the third and youngest, Tina, is blithely and resolutely single, though always dreaming of the perfect wedding to come. As various men enter from the wings, the daughters’ lives are thrown into unexpected upheaval—from Theo, Isabel’s lawyer husband, who is hardly the idealistic young man he once was; to Anthony Wolf, the promising cardiologist to whom Dr. Rubin, the girls’ mother, introduces Alice; to his friend, Simon Goldenstern, Anthony’s sardonic journalist friend who does everything in his power to protect the girls from the big bad wolf; to the unlikely cousin who turns up, Soren Zank, an environmentalist who made his first fortune in Silicon Valley, and who becomes the comic relief in this smartly observed and richly satisfying contemporary comedy of manners.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440651078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Intelligent, crisp, ironic, and well-paced, This Side of Married brings to mind a pleasing cross of Jane Austen and Laurie Colwin. It is a sparkling domestic novel of romantic love and familial loyalties that is as heady as a glass of good champagne and as deliciously pleasurable as an authentic Sacher torte. This Side of Married introduces the Rubin girls—three eligible sisters in an affluent family in a comfortable Philadelphia suburb, dominated by a strong-willed matriarch whose defining wish is to see each of them well-married. One daughter, Isabel, already is, although less than happily; a second, Alice, is about to tumble head over heels into a speedy engagement; the third and youngest, Tina, is blithely and resolutely single, though always dreaming of the perfect wedding to come. As various men enter from the wings, the daughters’ lives are thrown into unexpected upheaval—from Theo, Isabel’s lawyer husband, who is hardly the idealistic young man he once was; to Anthony Wolf, the promising cardiologist to whom Dr. Rubin, the girls’ mother, introduces Alice; to his friend, Simon Goldenstern, Anthony’s sardonic journalist friend who does everything in his power to protect the girls from the big bad wolf; to the unlikely cousin who turns up, Soren Zank, an environmentalist who made his first fortune in Silicon Valley, and who becomes the comic relief in this smartly observed and richly satisfying contemporary comedy of manners.
This Side of Married
Author: Rachel Pastan
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780143035435
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Witty and delicious, this ironic domestic comedy of manners delves into the character and love lives of three eligible sisters from an affluent family whose domineering mother is determined to see them all happily married.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780143035435
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Witty and delicious, this ironic domestic comedy of manners delves into the character and love lives of three eligible sisters from an affluent family whose domineering mother is determined to see them all happily married.
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Author: Ann Patchett
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.
Been There, Married That
Author: Gigi Levangie
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250166829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In a world where therapists look like the Real Housewives of Equinox, where friends dispense Xanax like Pez, and where a woman’s status is directly linked to the how few carbs she eats...can one Hollywood wife take back her life? Agnes Murphy Nash is in big trouble. When she returns home one evening only to find the locks changed on the gates of their mansion, the security guard breaks the news: her famous producer husband has filed for divorce. And he’s not going to play fair. Trevor Nash wants custody of their tween daughter, Pep, but only for the sake of appearances. And Agnes can’t let him win. With the help of her ex-con sister, a Hollywood psychic, a ballsy female lawyer, and a host of friends and “frenemies,” Agnes realizes that when he changes the locks, she needs to change the rules. But a crisis can lead to opportunity, and for Agnes, this gigantic betrayal brings her to a crossroads that will have her asking herself what she really wants out of life, who she really wants to be, and which man she really loves. Told with Gigi Levangie’s sparkling dialogue and wit, Been There, Married That is a drop-dead hilarious battle of wills that will make you laugh out loud, cringe, and keep turning the pages to see what crazy disaster will happen to Agnes next...and how she’ll rise from the ashes.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250166829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In a world where therapists look like the Real Housewives of Equinox, where friends dispense Xanax like Pez, and where a woman’s status is directly linked to the how few carbs she eats...can one Hollywood wife take back her life? Agnes Murphy Nash is in big trouble. When she returns home one evening only to find the locks changed on the gates of their mansion, the security guard breaks the news: her famous producer husband has filed for divorce. And he’s not going to play fair. Trevor Nash wants custody of their tween daughter, Pep, but only for the sake of appearances. And Agnes can’t let him win. With the help of her ex-con sister, a Hollywood psychic, a ballsy female lawyer, and a host of friends and “frenemies,” Agnes realizes that when he changes the locks, she needs to change the rules. But a crisis can lead to opportunity, and for Agnes, this gigantic betrayal brings her to a crossroads that will have her asking herself what she really wants out of life, who she really wants to be, and which man she really loves. Told with Gigi Levangie’s sparkling dialogue and wit, Been There, Married That is a drop-dead hilarious battle of wills that will make you laugh out loud, cringe, and keep turning the pages to see what crazy disaster will happen to Agnes next...and how she’ll rise from the ashes.
The Stranger I Married
Author: Sylvia Day
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758290667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A reformed rake sets his sights on true love in this steamy Regency romance by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Butterfly in Frost. The Marquess of Grayson never felt a twinge of guilt when he stole the beautiful Lady Pelham right out from under his best friend’s nose. After all, they were well matched in all things—their sensual appetites, wicked wits, provocative reputations, and their absolute refusal to ruin their marriage of convenience by falling in love. But then a shocking turn of events sent her roguish husband from her side. Four years later, he has returned a powerful, irresistible man who is determined to seduce his way into her affections. No, this is not at all the man she married. But he is the man who might finally steal her heart . . . Praise for The Stranger I Married “Boldly passionate, scorchingly sexy Regency romance.” —Booklist “The writing . . . is very smooth and readable and the love scenes very hot and nicely done.” —All About Romance
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758290667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A reformed rake sets his sights on true love in this steamy Regency romance by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Butterfly in Frost. The Marquess of Grayson never felt a twinge of guilt when he stole the beautiful Lady Pelham right out from under his best friend’s nose. After all, they were well matched in all things—their sensual appetites, wicked wits, provocative reputations, and their absolute refusal to ruin their marriage of convenience by falling in love. But then a shocking turn of events sent her roguish husband from her side. Four years later, he has returned a powerful, irresistible man who is determined to seduce his way into her affections. No, this is not at all the man she married. But he is the man who might finally steal her heart . . . Praise for The Stranger I Married “Boldly passionate, scorchingly sexy Regency romance.” —Booklist “The writing . . . is very smooth and readable and the love scenes very hot and nicely done.” —All About Romance
Lady of the Snakes
Author: Rachel Pastan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0151013691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Jane Levitsky is a bright light in the field of 19th-century Russian literature. Seizing her ticket to academic superstardom, she sets in motion a chain of events that will come perilously close to unraveling both her marriage and her career.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0151013691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Jane Levitsky is a bright light in the field of 19th-century Russian literature. Seizing her ticket to academic superstardom, she sets in motion a chain of events that will come perilously close to unraveling both her marriage and her career.
Married to a Rock Star
Author: Shemane Nugent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The truth about what it takes to survive as a celebrity couple.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The truth about what it takes to survive as a celebrity couple.
The Mayor Married Who? A Look at the Lighter Side of a 40-Year Career in City Management
Author: Tim Casey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977228338
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977228338
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Not Yet Married
Author: Marshall Segal
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433555484
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Life Is Never Mainly About Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew up assuming that marriage would meet all of your needs and unlock God's purposes for you. But God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. Not Yet Married is not about waiting quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you "the one," but about inspiring you to live and date for more now. If you follow Jesus, the search for a spouse is no longer a pursuit of the perfect person, but a pursuit of more of God. He will likely write a love story for you different than the one you would write for yourself, but that's because he loves you and knows how to write a better story. This book was written to help you find real hope, happiness, and purpose in your not-yet-married life.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433555484
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Life Is Never Mainly About Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew up assuming that marriage would meet all of your needs and unlock God's purposes for you. But God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. Not Yet Married is not about waiting quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you "the one," but about inspiring you to live and date for more now. If you follow Jesus, the search for a spouse is no longer a pursuit of the perfect person, but a pursuit of more of God. He will likely write a love story for you different than the one you would write for yourself, but that's because he loves you and knows how to write a better story. This book was written to help you find real hope, happiness, and purpose in your not-yet-married life.
Get Married, Stay Married
Author: Paul Tsika
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 0768490928
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Get Married, Stay Married is a complete series of marriage counseling sessions rolled into one comprehensive book that couples can read and absorb together. The reality of the authors’ own 44-year marriage and the infidelity and addiction troubles they faced bring home the credibility of their sound advice based on biblical principles and real-life experiences. With honesty, humor, and profound insight, Get Married, Stay Married speaks directly to the difficult truths of marriage with authentic, redemptive love. Timeless principals and practical tools are presented for all modern-day couples: Preparing for marriage. Who want to strengthen and safeguard an already stable marriage. Who want to bring healing and wholeness to a struggling marriage. Get Married, Stay Married is a unique map and compass that keeps any marriage on the road to lifelong joy and fulfillment. The secrets you learn will dramatically change for the better your life, your spouse, and your love for each other.
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 0768490928
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Get Married, Stay Married is a complete series of marriage counseling sessions rolled into one comprehensive book that couples can read and absorb together. The reality of the authors’ own 44-year marriage and the infidelity and addiction troubles they faced bring home the credibility of their sound advice based on biblical principles and real-life experiences. With honesty, humor, and profound insight, Get Married, Stay Married speaks directly to the difficult truths of marriage with authentic, redemptive love. Timeless principals and practical tools are presented for all modern-day couples: Preparing for marriage. Who want to strengthen and safeguard an already stable marriage. Who want to bring healing and wholeness to a struggling marriage. Get Married, Stay Married is a unique map and compass that keeps any marriage on the road to lifelong joy and fulfillment. The secrets you learn will dramatically change for the better your life, your spouse, and your love for each other.