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'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and…
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I invented a category called Best Offbeat Memoirs because I’d written one.
Fearless about showing her flaws, Patchett was saved from illiteracy by a determined nun. If not for her dazzling self-discipline she might have remained a crackerjack waitress. When nobody showed up at a book signing, she looked around to observe what makes an independent bookstore tick.
When book banners certain that first-year students at Clemson University would be turned into sex fiends, homosexuals, and drug addicts if they read her assigned book (sound familiar?) she gave the “kick-ass” speech printed here. Her three proud fathers adored her. Patchett’s…
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