![]() This is a funny, touching performance on the part of Mr. Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, The Silver Linings Playbook is a wonderful debut." - Justin Cronin, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Mary and O'Neil and The Summer Guest "The hero of Matthew Quick's first novel is Pat Peoples, amnesiac optimist and absolute original, whose dysfunctional journey takes him from big-league fandom to competitive dance and a host of other modern preoccupations. ![]() More than a promising debut or an inspiring love story, this novel offers us the gift of healing." - Roland Merullo, author of In Revere, In Those Days "You don't have to be a Philadelphia Eagles' fan (or even from Philadelphia) to appreciate talented newcomer Matthew Quick's page-turning paean to the power of hope over experience-the belief that this will all work out somehow, despite the long odds that life deals us. Without shying away from the difficulties of domestic life, it charts a route past those challenges, and leaves us with a lingering sense of hope. "Matthew Quick has created quite the heartbreaker of a novel in The Silver Linings Playbook." - from the Kirkus First Fiction Issue "Matthew Quick is a natural storyteller, and his Silver Linings Playbook-honest, wise, and compassionate-is a story that carries the reader along on a gust of optimism. As the award-winning novelist Justin Cronin put it: Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, The Silver Linings Playbook is a wonderful debut. Russell's adaptation of The Silver Linings Playbook features Bradley Cooper ( People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive) in the role of Pat, alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, and Jacki Weaver. Plus, he's being haunted by Kenny G! David O. ![]() No one will talk to him about Nikki his beloved Philadelphia Eagles keep losing he's being pursued by the deeply odd Tiffany his new therapist seems to recommend adultery as a form of therapy. (It might not come as a surprise to learn that Pat has spent several years in a mental health facility.) The problem is, Pat's now home, and everything feels off. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure him a happy ending-the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. Pat has a theory: his life is a movie produced by God. Russell-nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four Golden Globes, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards! Aa. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure him a happy ending.Ī heartwarming New York Times bestselling novel, now a major movie by David O. Russell about a man who believes his life is a movie produced by God. About the Book A heartwarming debut novel, soon to be a major movie by David O.
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