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Tuesday, September 13 2011

'I Married You for Happiness' Eloquently Reminds Us that All Men Are Mortal

It’s tempting to equate this elegant, compact novel to The Year of Magical Thinking, as both books share the subject widowhood and fine writing. But whoever said all happy marriages are alike was mistaken.


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