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This is not the story you think it is-- : a season of unlikely happiness / Laura Munson.

Munson, Laura. (Author).

Summary:

In this poignant, wise, and often funny memoir, Munson recounts a period of months in which her faith in herself--and her marriage--was put to the test and when she realized that ultimately happiness is completely within her own control.

Record details

ISBN: 0399156658
ISBN: 9780399156656
Physical Description: 343 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Amy Einhorn Books/G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Are you there, Clarence? it's me, George Bailey's wife -- The cloud of unknowing -- Rilke's world at play in Rumi's field -- Reality, cockroaches, bums in the basement, and microbrew -- Montana -- My father's blue Duesenberg -- The Italy cure -- Epiphany -- No grace period -- My evil twin sister Sheila -- The supercool wife -- The god of the Fourth of July -- The conversation -- Unlikely happiness -- Free fall -- Heart-shaped rock -- Derailed -- Community -- His sister's gift -- The good fight -- Indian summer -- Two balloons -- Thanksgiving -- Epilogue -- The perversely vertical half-cracked and sometimes devoured stack of books on my bedside table.