The Silver Linings Playbook

Quick, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0374264260 / ISBN 13: 9780374264260

Published by Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2008

About this Item

The novel that inspired the acclaimed film of the same name. Jennifer Lawrence won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work on this film. The movie also starred Bradley Cooper. The novel is the story of a man in a neural health facility who believes that his life is a movie produced by God; as he regains his memory, he tries to find a happy ending by reconciling with his estranged wife. This, the author's first book, is not particularly common on the market. First edition (first edition stated with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy (but for a mild mustiness) in a very near fine dust jacket with much less of the usual shelfwear that the uncoated white paper tends to attract. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author, "To Judy, All my best M. Q." The inscription is dated 4-30-09. The initials are decorative and large, a style Quick sometimes uses. With a printed card listing reviews of the novel laid in.

Seller Inventory # 364800

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Silver Linings Playbook
• Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374264260
• ISBN 13: 9780374264260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books into Film
  • First Book
  • FICTION

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Synopsis

An enchanting first novel about love, madness, and Kenny G.

The Silver Linings Playbook is the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife’s betrayal.

During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia Eagles keep losing, making his father moody; and his new therapist seems to be recommending adultery as a form of therapy.

When Pat meets the tragically widowed and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, if only he will give up watching football, agree to perform in this year’s Dance Away Depression competition, and promise not to tell anyone about their “contract.” All the while, Pat keeps searching for his silver lining.

In this brilliantly written debut novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pat’s mind, deftly showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective. The result is a touching and funny story that helps us look at both depression and love in a wonderfully refreshing way.

About the Author

In the six months that followed his leaving teaching and the Philadelphia area, Matthew Quick floated down the Peruvian Amazon and formed ‘The Bardbarians’ (a two-man literary circle), backpacked around Southern Africa, hiked to the bottom of a snowy Grand Canyon, soul-searched, and finally began writing full-time.

Matthew earned his Creative Writing MFA through Goddard College. He has since returned to the Philadelphia area, where he lives with his wife and their greyhound.