| The Silver Linings Playbook Contributor(s): Quick, Matthew (Author), Porter, Ray (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433253682 ISBN-13: 9781433253683 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $72.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: Since his return from the neural health facility, no one will talk to Pat about his estranged wife. Only Tiffany, a clinically depressed widow, has offered to act as liaison between themprovided he agrees to join a dance competition. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.8" W x 6.3" (0.55 lbs) 6 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Silver Linings Playbook is the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal, an enchanting first novel about love, madness, and Kenny G. During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. The problem is that Pat is now home, living with his parents, and everything seems off; no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia Eagles keep losing, making his father moody; and his new therapist seems to be recommending adultery as a form of therapy. When Pat meets the tragically widowed, physically fit, and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, but only if he will give up watching football, agree to perform in this year's Dance Away Depression competition, and promise not to tell anyone about their "contract." All the while, Pat keeps searching for his silver lining. In this brilliantly written debut novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pat's mind, deftly showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective. The result is a touching and funny story that helps us look at both depression and love in a wonderfully refreshing way. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Ray: - Ray Porter is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator and fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Almost Famous, ER, and Frasier. Quick, Matthew: -Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, and The Good Luck of Right Now. His work has been translated into thirty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention. He earned an MFA in creative writing at Goddard College. He floated down the Peruvian Amazon, backpacked around southern Africa, and hiked to the bottom of a snowy Grand Canyon before returning to Philadelphia and beginning to write full time. |