The Silver Linings Playbook
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A New York Times bestseller, The Silver Linings Playbook was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. It tells 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.Customer Reviews
Rated 3 starsIt was okay
This book was pretty easy to follow along with, however, I felt like it lacked a lot of emotion. The climax wasn't something that really grabbed me and I ended up getting kind of bored reading it.
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Rated 5 starsBeautiful Story
A fantastic story of denial, love of all sorts, and redemption, the Silver Linings Playbook shows us a mind of a mentally disturbed man with non-stop drive to find the silver linings in life. I enjoyed every page of Matthew Quick's sentimental wording and humor. It is a ride from start to finish and I absolutely loved it, and fly eagles fly!
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Rated 5 starsLoved It!
I watched the movie first and that made me interested in the book as well. From my experience, my movie does not do the book justice. As someone that suffers with mental illness as well, this book is awesome. I would definitely recommend this to others.
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Rated 5 starsIf you read - get this now - it's that good !
This is a story you will like, a lot ! It touches in many unexpected ways - Pat Peoples and his world are created with tight crisp writing. If you really enjoy being moved by a fun, quirky and very real emotional story, then this one is for you, big time. I had to put it down for a while whenever I thought things might be bad for unlikely hero Pat !
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Rated 5 starsA book that will make you believe in silver linings
Philadelphia is not only the home of the quintessentially American Liberty Bell, cheese steak, and Rocky, but now Philadelphia offers us another American original: Pat Peoples, the neurologically-damaged, ex-wife pining, mother-loving, uber Eagles fan protagonist of Matthew Quick's dazzling debut novel The Silver Linings Playbook. You might think that a book about a guy who has lost so much--his wife, his home, his job, and...
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