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The Amateur Marriage

Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in the Polish quarter of Baltimore, he was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. Pauline, impulsive, volatile, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious and judgmental, proceeds deliberately. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. A seventeen-year-old daughter disappears, and some years later this fractious pair is forced to take on parenthood all over again. Caught in what feels like a practice marriage, they seem to be tearing each other apart - until someone, unexpectedly, shockingly, kicks over the traces.

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  • "Matrimonio amateur"
  • "Amateur marriage. Italian"
  • "Amateur marriage"@he
  • "Amateur marriage"
  • "Amateur marriage"@it

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  • "Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in the Polish quarter of Baltimore, he was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. Pauline, impulsive, volatile, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious and judgmental, proceeds deliberately. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. A seventeen-year-old daughter disappears, and some years later this fractious pair is forced to take on parenthood all over again. Caught in what feels like a practice marriage, they seem to be tearing each other apart - until someone, unexpectedly, shockingly, kicks over the traces."@en
  • "BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Anne Tyler's The Beginner's Goodbye. From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage?and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple?young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother?s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel."@en
  • "An impulsive pre-WWII marriage has consequences for the next three generations."
  • "They seemed like the perfect couple--young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother's grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable."@en
  • "When Pauline walked into his mother's store in the Polish neighborhood of Baltimore, Michael felt she was the one. Both young and good-looking - with the uncertainty and fervor of World War II only adding to their passion - Pauline and Michael seemed to be made for each other. Hastily married, the two soon after discovered just how mismatched they really are. Pauline's impulsive and impractical hit-or-miss approach to life is nothing like Michael's cautious and judgmental plodding-this, among other differences, causing them years of disagreement and painful arguing. When, years later, their 17-year-old daughter disappears, the estranged couple is left with no choice but to rescue their grandson Pagan from Haight-Ashbury and raise him themselves. Carefully wrought and brimming with wonderfully evocative details of time and place, THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE is an intelligently nuanced and sympathetic look at marriage, family, and human relationships in general."
  • "A novel abaout a mismatched marriage and its consequences which span three generations. It starts during WWII and runs from Baltimore to the West Caost of the USA."@en
  • "Ondanks hun verschillende karakters en achtergrond trouwen twee jonge mensen, maar na de verdwijning van hun oudste dochter naar een sekte beginnen de problemen."
  • "Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family."@en
  • "Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family."
  • "Having married quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family."@en
  • "From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple, young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his motherʼs grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan."
  • "Michael et Pauline se rencontrent pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et se marient. Les années passent mais Michael et Pauline n'arrivent pas à trouver l'harmonie et, malgré leurs efforts réciproques, ne cessent de se disputer."

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  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Bestseller 2006 (Englisch)"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Spanish language materials"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "El Matrimonio amateur"
  • "Căsătorie de amatori"
  • "Un mariage amateur"
  • "The Amateur Marriage"
  • "The Amateur Marriage"@en
  • "Ett amatöräktenskap : [roman]"@sv
  • "Im Kriege und in der Liebe : Roman"
  • "The amateur marriage"@en
  • "The amateur marriage"
  • "Un Matrimoni amateur"
  • "Amateur Marriage"
  • "Un mariage amateur : roman"
  • "נישואי חובבים"
  • "El matrimonio amateur"
  • "El matrimonio amateur"@es
  • "Im Krieg und in der Liebe Roman"
  • "The Amateur marriage"
  • "The amateur marriage a novel"@en
  • "The amateur marriage a novel"
  • "Un matrimonio da dilettanti : romanzo"
  • "Un matrimonio da dilettanti : romanzo"@it
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Het amateurhuwelijk"
  • "The amateur marriage (PB)"
  • "Amatérská svatba"
  • "Im Krieg und in der Liebe : Roman"
  • "Un matrimonio da dilettanti"@it
  • "Un matrimonio da dilettanti"
  • "Ett amatöräktenskap"@sv
  • "Amatör evlilik"
  • "Amatör evlilik : roman"
  • "The AMATEUR MARRIAGE"@en
  • "Avioliiton lyhyt oppimäärä"@fi
  • "Un matrimoni amateur"
  • "Niśuʼe ḥovevim"
  • "The amateur marriage : a novel"
  • "The amateur marriage : a novel"@en
  • "The amateur marriage : a novel / M"
  • "Im Krieg und in der Liebe Werkausgabe"
  • "Hôn nhân amatơ"
  • "Im krieg und in der liebe"
  • "Ægteskab for amatører"@da
  • "Ægteskab for amatører"

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