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Painfully funny and heartachingly true, Anne Tyler draws our eyes to an ill-matched couple, and the slow, tragicomic disintegration of their marriage.
When Pauline Barclay whirls into Michael Anton's grocery store in 1941, he is convinced he's in love. In due course they marry, and so begins their misadventure of wedded misery. Over the course of sixty years, Michael and Pauline endure their marriage (and each other) through anniversaries, affairs, and children, as the union of two people slowly devolves into a parting of ways. Injecting a touch of mischief with a dash of wisdom, Anne Tyler plays out an American marriage and its sometimes unavoidable end.
Editions of The Amateur Marriage
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780375433368
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781400042074
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780670044917
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345470614
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345472458
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780385692069
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780143016984
- EBook
- ISBN 9780143196310
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- ISBN 9781400042982
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385692076
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780739310410
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- ISBN 9780736697231
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- ISBN 9780739310434
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Painfully funny and heartachingly true, Anne Tyler draws our eyes to an ill-matched couple, and the slow, tragicomic disintegration of their marriage.
When Pauline Barclay whirls into Michael Anton's grocery store in 1941, he is convinced he's in love. In due course they marry, and so begins their misadventure of wedded misery. Over the course of sixty years, Michael and Pauline endure their marriage (and each other) through anniversaries, affairs, and children, as the union of two people slowly devolves into a parting of ways. Injecting a touch of mischief with a dash of wisdom, Anne Tyler plays out an American marriage and its sometimes unavoidable end.
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Painfully funny and heartachingly true, Anne Tyler draws our eyes to an ill-matched couple, and the slow, tragicomic disintegration of their marriage.
When Pauline Barclay whirls into Michael Anton's grocery store in 1941, he is convinced he's in love. In due course they marry, and so begins their misadventure of wedded misery. Over the course of sixty years, Michael and Pauline endure their marriage (and each other) through anniversaries, affairs, and children, as the union of two people slowly devolves into a parting of ways. Injecting a touch of mischief with a dash of wisdom, Anne Tyler plays out an American marriage and its sometimes unavoidable end.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Amateur Marriage?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Amateur Marriage?
Anne Tyler
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Amateur Marriage is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780375433368) and hardcover(ISBN 9781400042074) and hardcover(ISBN 9780670044917) and paperback(ISBN 9780345470614) and paperback(ISBN 9780345472458) and paperback(ISBN 9780385692069) and paperback(ISBN 9780143016984) and ebook(ISBN 9780143196310) and ebook(ISBN 9781400042982) and ebook(ISBN 9780385692076) and audiobook(ISBN 9780739310410) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736697231) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739345795) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739310434) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780385362078) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780385362085) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736697248) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739310427)
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