The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
A heartwarming New York Times bestselling novel, now a major movie by David O. Russell--nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four Golden Globes, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards
Aawww shucks NPR's Nancy Pearl said. I know that's hardly a usual way to begin a book review, but it was my immediate response to finishing Matthew Quick's heartwarming, humorous and soul-satisfying first novel . . . This book makes me smile. Meet Pat Peoples. Pat has a theory: his life is a movie produced by God. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure him a happy ending--the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. (It might not come as a surprise to learn that Pat has spent several years in a mental health facility.) The problem is, Pat's now home, and everything feels off. No one will talk to him about Nikki; his beloved Philadelphia Eagles keep losing; he's being pursued by the deeply odd Tiffany; his new therapist seems to recommend adultery as a form of therapy. Plus, he's being haunted by Kenny G David O. Russell's adaptation of The Silver Linings Playbook features Bradley Cooper (People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive) in the role of Pat, alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, and Jacki Weaver. As the award-winning novelist Justin Cronin put it: Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, The Silver Linings Playbook is a wonderful debut.Matthew Quick is the author of many New York Times best-selling novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was adapted into an Oscar-winning picture, and The Good Luck of Right Now. He has been honored with a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention for his writing, which has been translated into thirty languages. Goddard College awarded him an MA in creative writing. Before returning to Philadelphia and starting to write full-time, he floated down the Peruvian Amazon, backpacked around southern Africa, and walked to the bottom of a frozen Grand Canyon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780374533571 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374533571 |
| Title | The Silver Linings Playbook |
| Author | Matthew Quick |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sarah Crichton Books |
| Year published | 2012-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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