The silver linings playbook

Resource Information

The work The silver linings playbook represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

The silver linings playbook

Creator

• Quick, Matthew, 1973-

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• Porter, Ray, 1965-

Author

• Quick, Matthew, 1973-

Narrator

• Porter, Ray, 1965-

Subject

• Divorced men -- Fiction
• Humorous fiction
• Widows -- Fiction
• Denial (Psychology) -- Fiction
• Depression, Mental -- Fiction

Genre

• Humorous fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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, an enchanting first novel about love, madness, and Kenny G. 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. The problem is that Pat is now home, living with his parents, and everything seems off; 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, physically fit, and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, but only if 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

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

813/.6

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

PerformerNote

Read by Ray Porter

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable