Thursday, November 4, 2010

This Is Not The Story You Think It Is. . .A Season of Unlikely Happiness by Laura Munson

I've started reviewing books for Town & Country magazine in the Philippines.  For January, I've tried to choose books that encourage us to appreciate the relationships and people that matter in our lives. One book that I recommend is This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness

This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness


This Is Not The Story You Think It Is. . . A Season of Unlikely Happiness is the true account of a woman who married her college sweetheart and their “happily ever after.”  They were young, beautiful, successful -- they grew careers and built their lives together.  They moved to Montana and lived surrounded by the mountains and grounded by nature.  Then suddenly, things fell apart.  

Laura’s husband of fourteen years suddenly announced that he needed to be alone, that he couldn’t say that he loved her and that he wasn’t sure that he had ever loved her.  Faced with the destruction of the life and family that she loved,  Laura Munson fought --  for her husband, her marriage, and her sense of self.  And through it all, Munson wrote.  This Is Not The Story You Think It Is  is Munson’s account her strategy to overcome the crisis in her marriage.   Wise and funny, it’s written with love -- it’s about a person going through a tough time and trying not to suffer, albeit she is not always successful.  It’s the story of a person choosing happiness over suffering and of working to remain well-adjusted. And teaching your children how to live.

ISBN-10: 0399156658 - Hardcover $24.95
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (April 1, 2010), 332 pages.
Review copy provided by the publisher.
About the Author:
Laura Munson is a writer who lives with her husband and children in Montana.

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