PAPERBACK RELEASE APRIL 2009
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“Greer’s considerable gifts as a storyteller ascend to the heights of masters like Marilynne Robinson and William Trevor.” — New York Times
“Moving.” —John Updike, The New Yorker
“Stunning.” —Sara Eckel, TimeOut New York
“A beautiful and moving tale of war, sacrifice, race, and motherhood.” — Khaled Hosseini
“Wondrously unsettling…A timeless story of conflicting loyalties.” — Maggie Scarf, New York Times Book Review
“Thoughtful, complex and exquisitely written.” — Carolyn See, Washington Post
“One for the ages.” — Powells.com
“A haunting book of breathtaking beauty and restraint.” — Dave Eggers
“A perfect mix of what we seek from literature.” — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times
“A beautiful, understated novel that celebrates the heroes of private battles.” — Francesca Segal, London Observer
“a beautiful, lyrical novel…a book full of urgent questions.” — O Magazine, recommended summer reading
“What can be seen plainly on every page of this slim, lovely novel is Greer’s prodigious talent.” — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
“This is an exquisite story with shattering realizations about love.” — Amy Tan
“Andrew Sean Greer is back at it again, cleverly telling tales with his elegant sleight-of-hand.” — Los Angeles Times
“A dazzling, heartbreaking novel, one of the best published this year.” — The Gloss Magazine, Ireland
“Emotionally complex…finely nuanced narrative ambiguity and bewitching lyricism.” — Times Literary Supplement, UK
“Greer’s beautifully written romance is as much a portrait of an era as a study of the lengths to which people will go to feed a hungry heart.” — Telegraph, UK
“[A} remarkable piece of fiction…will have you gripped from the start.” — The List, Scotland
“Conveys, with great sensitivity, the sting of coming to ’see our lives as a fiction we have written and believed.’” — Evan Hughes, Barnes & Noble Review
“Makes you want to race ahead and stay up all night until you know what happens in the end.” — Colm Toibin
“An affirmation of the strength of the human spirit.” — Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
“Brilliant….Greer’s got another bestseller on his hands.” — Bridget Kinsella, Breaking Books
BOOKSENSE pick: “The plot’s twists and turns fairly take your breath away.” — Matthew Lage, Iowa Book LLC, Iowa City, IA
“The idea of living a lie is never not riveting.” — Marie Claire, “What We’re Reading This Month”
“Great pleasures of discovery.” — BookPage
“One of the pleasures of reading a good book is trying to figure out afterward which of my friends to recommend it to.” — Maud Newton, on The Story of a Marriage
“Mesmerizing tale…hugely talented writer.” — The Oregonian
“This is the slim yet deep novel that Don Delillo has been struggling to write for ten years now.” — Washington City Paper
“If you’re putting together your summer reading list, make sure this one’s at the top.” — WAVE magazine
CRITICAL SUMMARY: “a chorus of praise” — Bookmarks magazine
“One of those complete and wholly satisfying reading experiences and one of the few books I know I would read again.” — dovegreyreader, UK
Question: “Which books will take off this summer?” Answer: “Andrew Sean Greer’s The Story of a Marriage” — The Times, UK
A Guardian Top 5 Summer Read
“It’s hard not to gush about American author Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel.” — Financial Times
“[A] swift, gripping and beautifully written novel” — Hartford Courant
