The Story of a Marriage: Andrew Sean Greer

Synopsis:

It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband’s fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt as she struggles to understand the world around her, most especially her husband, Holland.

The Story of a Marriage portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it.

Tags:

Categorised as:
Fiction
Sub-categories:
General Fiction
Places:
San Francisco
Genres & Themes:
Alienation; American Fiction; Deception; Marriage; Men & Women
Events:
Andrew Sean Greer at the London Literature Festival, Jul 06
The Story of a Marriage book cover
Selected edition:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780571240982
Published:
03.07.2008
No of pages:
208

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