"Tell the story of your marriage," my young friend Niki says to me. "Write down how it is you have a happy marriage"' But the story of my marriage, which is the great joy and astonishment of my life, is too much like a fairy tale, the German kind, unsweetened by Disney. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is...
a very real love story, and one that is much more about the journey than the destination.
Chock full of beauty, truth, and humor, and, in trademark Ann Patchett style, possessing an uncanny ability to feel both surprising and familiar at the same time, this essay is a perfect, if unconventional, holiday listen.