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Silver Linings Playbook A Novel

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ISBN-10: 0374533571

ISBN-13: 9780374533571

Edition: N/A

Authors: Matthew Quick

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A heartwarming debut novel, soon to be a major movie by David O. Russell“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…    
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 10/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.68" wide x 8.23" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Matthew Quick graduated with a double-majored in English and secondary education from La Salle University in 1996. He taught literature and film at Haddonfield Memorial High School in New Jersey for several years, before leaving in 2004 to become a fiction writer. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College in 2007. He writes for young adults and adults. His young adult books include Sorta Like a Rock Star, Boy21, and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. His adult books include The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, and The Good Luck of Right Now.