The Silver Linings Playbook

Author: Matthew Quick
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 142996023X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
A New York Times bestseller, The Silver Linings Playbook was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. It tells the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal. 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. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: 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 and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, if only 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.

The Good Luck Of Right Now

Author: Matthew Quick
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443425877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
For almost four decades, Bartholomew Neil has done nothing but live with his mom. When she begins calling him Richard—for reasons unknown—and then dies, Bartholomew is woefully unprepared.” A clue comes in the form of a “Free Tibet” letter he finds in his mother’s underwear drawer, and so Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly intimate fan letters. Jung’s theory of synchronicity, the mystery of women, the Dalai Lama’s teachings, alien abduction, cat telepathy and the Catholic Church are all explored in depth by Bartholomew’s epistles—but mostly the letters outline one man’s heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own. A struggling priest, a “girlbrarian,” her foul-mouthed brother and Richard Gere (well, sort of) join the quest. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada in search of Bartholomew’s biological father and end up finding so much more.

Ade

Author: Rebecca Walker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054414922X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Named one of Time magazine's most influential leaders of her generation, celebrated writer Rebecca Walker delivers her stunning debut novel--a heartbreaking, unforgettable love story in the tradition of Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending and Marguerite Duras's The Lover.

Together We Will Go

Author: J. Michael Straczynski
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 198214260X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
The Breakfast Club meets The Silver Linings Playbook in this powerful, provocative, and heartfelt novel about twelve endearing strangers who come together to make the most of their final days, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski. Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at thirty, is planning a cross-country road trip. He buys a beat-up old tour bus. He hires a young army vet to drive it. He puts out an ad for others to join him along the way. But this will be a road trip like no other: His passengers are all fellow disheartened souls who have decided that this will be their final journey—upon arrival in San Francisco, they will find a cliff with an amazing view of the ocean at sunset, hit the gas, and drive out of this world. The unlikely companions include a young woman with a chronic pain sensory disorder and another who was relentlessly bullied at school for her size; a bipolar, party-loving neo-hippie; a gentle coder with a literal hole in his heart and blue skin; and a poet dreaming of a better world beyond this one. We get to know them through access to their texts, emails, voicemails, and the daily journal entries they write as the price of admission for this trip. By turns tragic, funny, quirky, charming, and deeply moving, Together We Will Go explores the decisions that brings these characters together, and the relationships that grow between them, with some discovering love and affection for the first time. But as they cross state lines and complications to the initial plan arise, it becomes clear that this is a novel as much about the will to live as the choice to end it. The final, unforgettable moments as they hurtle toward the decisions awaiting them will be remembered for a lifetime.

Love May Fail

Author: Matthew Quick
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062285580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
An aspiring feminist and underappreciated housewife embarks on an odyssey to find human decency and goodness—and her high school English teacher—in New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick’s offbeat masterpiece, a quirky ode to love, fate, and hair metal. Portia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, she finds herself back in South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Lost and alone, looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else—a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. Will a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother help or hurt her chances on this madcap quest to restore a good man’s reputation and find renewed hope in the human race? Love May Fail is a story of the great highs and lows of existence: the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know (deep down) you are meant to be.

Life in Rewind

Author: Terry Weible Murphy
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061914452
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
“A surprising tale of success by medical science confronted with a nearly insurmountable disorder. Well-rounded, powerful, and inspirational.” —Kirkus Reviews In the vein of Manic and Girl, Interrupted, and the popular stories of Oliver Sacks, Life in Rewind is the captivating true story of promising young athlete Ed Zine’s sudden descent into severe mental illness, and the brilliant Harvard doctor, Michael A. Jenike, who broke through the boundaries of traditional medicine to save him. Written by Terry Weible Murphy with Zine and Jenike, Life in Rewind provides a shocking picture of severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the surprising and unorthodox lengths to which a doctor goes to help his patient. The Washington Times calls this, “[An] extraordinary story.” It is that and much more.

Aloha Also Means Goodbye

Author: Jessica Rosenberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937818784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Jo is finally having the wedding of her dreams but on her arrival in Hawaii, she discovers that her old boyfriend is at the resort. He's with his two children--both named after her, kindling painful memories. The guests are flying in for a wedding in paradise and her girlfriends rally around her, but will Jo's past derail her dreams?

Swimming with Bridgeport Girls

Author: Anthony Tambakis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451684916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
If a Richard Russo protagonist went on a bender in Vegas, the result would be something like Swimming with Bridgeport Girls: an uproarious romp about a lovesick gambler and his against-all-odds quest to win back his ex-wife. Ray Parisi is in trouble. Fired from his anchor job at ESPN after one too many public humiliations, he is holed up in a motel and in desperate need of a break. His ex-wife is shacking up with another guy in his old house, a Cambodian bookie wants to kill him, and he’s wanted by the New York State Police. A few days before the Fourth of July, he unexpectedly receives an inheritance from his long-lost father, and it seems like all of his problems might be solved. Determined to get his life back together, Ray hatches an imaginative but highly suspect plan to win back his wife, dashing from Connecticut to Las Vegas to Memphis in an attempt to secure his future before the past runs him down. The cast of characters he meets along the way is as loveable as it is absolutely insane. Sure to please fans of sophisticated romantic comedies like Seating Arrangements and Silver Linings Playbook, Swimming with Bridgeport Girls is a hilarious, heart-wrenching, and unexpectedly powerful tale about one man’s mission to—against all odds—finally get it right.

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

Author: Matthew Quick
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472208196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher. How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last? Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do. He'll say goodbye. Not to his mum - who he calls Linda because it annoys her - who's moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing the unthinkable. But to his four friends: a Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour, a teenage violin virtuoso, a pastor's daughter and a teacher. Most of the time, Leonard believes he's weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he's not. He wants to thank them, and say goodbye. In this riveting and heart-breaking book, acclaimed author Matthew Quick introduces Leonard Peacock, a hero as warm and endearing as he is troubled. And he shows how just a glimmer of hope can make the world of difference.

The Silver Linings Playbook

Author: Save Time Summaries Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781490520865
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
SAVE TIME & UNDERSTAND MORE! WARNING: This is not the actual book The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. Do not buy this Summary, Review & Analysis if you are looking for a full copy of this great book. Instead, we have already read The Silver Linings Playbook and pulled out the key characters, events, and action points from this great romance suspense novel to give you a comprehensive chapter-by-chapter study guide & analysis. In doing so, unfortunately we do not have the space to include all elements of Quick's fascinating narrative. To get it all, you should first order the full book. Packaged together in an engaging and easily digestible format, this concise chapter-by-chapter review and analysis works best as an unofficial study guide or companion to read alongside this intriguing book. Most users first read a chapter of the full book, and then they read the corresponding section in our guide. Others read the entire book from cover-to-cover, and then review using our guide.THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -- MATTHEW QUICKIn The Silver Linings Playbook, lead character Pat Peoples has been through a lot in his 34 years. Recently released after an extended stay in a mental health facility, Pat is working to put his life back together. His ultimate goal: to reunite with his estranged wife, Nikki. Pat narrates his efforts to move forward, supplying his own soundtrack to life events. He's accompanied on his journey by Tiffany, an equally damaged woman who involves him in activities beyond his obsession with physical fitness and his loyalty to the Philadelphia Eagles. By sharing their brokenness, the two eventually come to a place where they share common ground and find healing. Stay on track and see details in The Silver Linings Playbook that you'd never notice otherwise with this study guide. Plot points you might miss, symbols that only become obvious on a second or third read-through, and themes that affect your understanding of the story -- all conveniently laid out for you. This study guide is your map to navigate the funny, real, and heartbreakingly honest relationships presented in author Matthew Quick's debut novel. The author's own experience with depression gives a depth of reality to this story of medical psychology, mental illness, and the quest for happy endings. Although ultimately hopeful, the book is bold in its portrayal of the slow, difficult path to overcome pain and to grow from the experience. Quick's work is a great jumping off point for group discussion of these timeless topics. This study guide is a great companion piece, exploring the importance of self-renewal, acceptance, and the many other enduring themes found in the novel. The guide provides a rubric for the discussion of mental illness, the nature of change, and the role of self-forgiveness in personal growth. Whether you're reading The Silver Linings Playbook for personal enjoyment and you want to maximize how much you get out of Quick's novel -- or whether you're reading for serious literary study -- this study guide is the perfect companion. It can help you understand the novel better or help you cram for a class. FROM START-TO-FINISH IN JUST 20 MINUTES! Here's your chapter-by-chapter guide to Matthew Quick's intriguing romance and suspense novel The Silver Linings Playbook that you can start and finish right now!