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I love Ann Patchett. As I was processing my divorce, her essay about her divorce experience was a great help to me. It validated my decision and helped strengthen my resolve against the former friends who took pity on me for leaving my deadbeat, loser, POS ex-husband, against the ex-BFF who blamed me for hurting a man who sat home and smoked weed and watched porn all day while I worked my ass off to support him. She's right, the marriage died but I have to live and it's OK to live and enjoy my life. Bravo!


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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett 9780062236678 Books Reviews

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage really isn't a story about that. In fact, the book is made up of essays. Most of them have been written by Ann Patchett for magazines and speeches. One of my book clubs read it and discussed it. The discussion was lively and interesting; in fact more lively and interesting than the book. The essays in the book led us to diverse opinions as we dissected her life and our own. I truly believe that writing is the most important thing in Ann Patchett's life. She adores her cat and her grandmother and loves her husband, but the main of her life is devoted to writing. She does not want the responsibility of children; only the responsibility of writing. I think reading this book is very worthwhile and you will relate to some essays more than others.
Patchett as a novelist doesn’t make it easy to get comfortable with her. Each new novel is a different country, with its own language and culture. You can’t just glide from one to another; you need to spend time learning about this next stamp on your passport and what you learned previously doesn’t help you now.
That’s not true of this book of essays. Her life ties them all together and the pieces are biographical without being a biography. It’s one country, but with a great deal of diversity, both geographical and temporal. It was good to get to know the girl who would write The Patron Saint of Liars (still my favorite) and her parents. Her reference to her father’s work as a police detective involved in the Manson case got me searching for his name in Helter Skelter. After finding him there, I was quickly reminded that Bugliosi only had room for one hero in his book, and that spot was reserved for himself.
Her story about the events leading up to her marriage (the marriage of the title) gives new meaning to the phrase, “The heart wants what it wants”. She is best when recounting her personal relationships, especially with her grandmother and with Sister Nena, the person who literally taught her to write. It was nice to be reminded of what I liked about Catholicism.
I have been reading Ann Patchett's books for many years. I don't know exactly, but 10 for sure and maybe 15. I always want to know about an author whose book especially moved me but I could never find out much about her. So this collection of short pieces of non - fiction is like going camping with someone you always wanted to get to know. It was a pleasure finally getting to meet her.
I definitely recommend this and all of her fiction. (The only book I haven't read is "Taft").
This is a review of the Audible Version Beautifully read by the author. I listened to it twice through. Not every author is able to read her own work, but Ms. Patchett does a wonderful job, it's hard to imagine anyone else reading it. In fact, I got the audible version of her State of Wonder, and was disappointed when it was read by someone else. I liked all the essays in this collection, My Road to Hell Was Paved, and Tennessee were probably my favorites. If you're looking for something to listen to while driving, or exercising, this might be a good choice!
I really loved this book of short stories. I did not think that I would ever want to read a bunch of short stories, but I read it for a book group. The short stories made me laugh out loud or sad, so they were really engaging. It was nice to have a book of short stories, because it is easy to put the book down and then pick it back up again and not have to worry about the characters.
I heard an interview with the author on NPR (I think) and immediately felt a connection. Why had I not read any of her books? Not sure. After this, if her fiction is anything as good as her essays then I will. Evidently she wrote advice shorts for Seventeen magazine to pay rent whilst dreaming of writing novels. While she writes of her life experience from the perspective of a writer, her message has universal appeal. Her 2011 essay for Byline, "Getaway Car" is a "how to" directed at an audience of budding writers, but speaks to all of us about failure, perseverance, and knowing one's self. I am not a writer or do I ever intend to be, but "Getaway Car" paralleled many of my own life experiences training as a scientist. Other essays are more personal and address personal freedom and happiness. In the interview she talked about her aversion to marriage having had one bad experience in her youth. She married because the relationship temporally had forced itself in that direction. I know people for whom this had happened. They date. They live together. The relationship is OK or maybe not. After a certain amount of time they marry because it is time, not because they are with the right person. Sometimes they only realize right before the wedding that the marriage will not work but because the invitations have been sent, it is too embarrassing to call it off. Some divorce early. Some go on for years. I think this is a must read for anyone thinking of planning a wedding. She also said in the interview but I haven't gotten to that part of the book that once she let go of marriage as an option she could fully enjoy relationships that were not perfect because she knew that they did not have to go on forever. She was in control always with an eye on the "emergency exit". Highly recommend. Not finished with the book yet but I am sure it is one that I will be sad to finish.
I love Ann Patchett. As I was processing my divorce, her essay about her divorce experience was a great help to me. It validated my decision and helped strengthen my resolve against the former friends who took pity on me for leaving my deadbeat, loser, POS ex-husband, against the ex-BFF who blamed me for hurting a man who sat home and smoked weed and watched porn all day while I worked my ass off to support him. She's right, the marriage died but I have to live and it's OK to live and enjoy my life. Bravo!