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Happiness sold separately : a novel

Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, successful career, marriage. But her world is falling apart. In her late 30s, it seems likely that she and her husband, Ted, will never have children. As Elinor withdraws from Ted, he begins an affair with Gina - a young woman with an inquisitive son, Toby, who adores Ted. Gina has her own complicated life but Ted finds solace in her enthusiasm for life, as Elinor turns to The Iliad and her garden, finding comfort in the laundry room, nursing her pain. But it is here that she learns the truth, and they seek to mend their fractured marriage. And then Elinor finds herself pregnant and suddenly they are faced with choices they never thought they'd have to make.

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  • "Happiness sold separately"@pl
  • "Happiness sold separately"@it

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  • "Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, successful career, marriage. But her world is falling apart. In her late 30s, it seems likely that she and her husband, Ted, will never have children. As Elinor withdraws from Ted, he begins an affair with Gina - a young woman with an inquisitive son, Toby, who adores Ted. Gina has her own complicated life but Ted finds solace in her enthusiasm for life, as Elinor turns to The Iliad and her garden, finding comfort in the laundry room, nursing her pain. But it is here that she learns the truth, and they seek to mend their fractured marriage. And then Elinor finds herself pregnant and suddenly they are faced with choices they never thought they'd have to make."@en
  • "The marriage of Ted and Elinor Mackey, a yuppie podiatrist-lawyer couple in their early-40s living in Northern California, is pushed to the brink when Elinor learns that Ted is having an affair with his trainer, Gina Ellison. Elinor's reaction?pity?surprises her. Winston (Good Grief) adroitly makes it clear that Ted's affair is a symptom: infertility problems have caused years of emotional turmoil. And Gina's no bimbo: she has a loving but difficult relationship with Ted, complicated further by her young son, Toby, and his immediate attachment to Ted as a stable father figure. When Elinor confronts Ted and Gina, Ted quickly ends the affair; neither is sure if infidelity or infertility should end their marriage. During their separation, Elinor takes a sabbatical from her law firm and casually dates Noah Orch, a hunky but dull arborist. Ted haphazardly resumes his relationship with Gina. As he realizes that his connection to her is more than an escape from a bad marriage, all concerned have decisions to make. Winston has a real feel for the push and pull of a marriage in crisis, and delivers it in a brisk, funny, no-nonsense style that still comes off as respectful of the material."@en
  • "The marriage of a seemingly perfect couple dissolves into a complicated dance of affairs, lovers, and admirers."@en
  • "Elinor Mackey has always done the right thing in the right order--college, law school, career, marriage--but now everything's going wrong...Elinor's loving husband, Ted, a successful podiatrist, has always done the right thing, too. Then he meets the wrong woman at the wrong time, and does the wrong thing...Can Elinor and Ted's marriage be saved? -- From p. [2] of dust jacket."@en
  • ""The marriage of a seemingly perfect couple dissolves into a complicated dance of affairs, lovers, and admirers"--Provided by the publisher."
  • ""The marriage of a seemingly perfect couple dissolves into a complicated dance of affairs, lovers, and admirers"--Provided by the publisher."@en
  • "One morning Elinor Mackey picks up the telephone and learns that her devoted husband, Ted, is having an affair. She is devastated, yet not entirely surprised. After trying unsuccessfully to have children the two have grown apart. It doesn't help that Ted's mistress is a beautiful, kindhearted woman with a ten-year-old boy. but Ted still loves & admires Elinor. Can their marriage be saved?"@en
  • "Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, marriage, successful corporate career. But suddenly her world is falling apart. In her late 30s, she's discovered that she and her podiatrist husband, Ted, can't have children. When Elinor withdraws from Ted into an interior world of heartbreak and anger, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym--a young woman with an oddball son who adores Ted. Meanwhile, Elinor falls in love with the oak tree in her front yard, spreading out her sleeping bag to sleep under the stars. Gina's jealous ex-boyfriend--a charming alcoholic with a mean streak--becomes a dark presence as his passion turns to violence. Ted, who may be the only one who can help Gina and her son, suddenly finds himself in love with two women at the same time.ngly perfect couple dissolves into a complicated dance of affairs, lovers, and admirers"--Provided by the publisher."@en
  • "A darkly funny and messy love story about the struggle to live happily ever after after the after, by the New York Times bestselling author of Good Grief. Elinor Mackey has always done the right thing-college, law school, career, marriage-but now everything's gone wrong. In her late thirties, Elinor has discovered that she can't have children; all the doctors can tell her is that it's because of her age. She withdraws from her podiatrist husband, Ted, into an interior world of heartbreak. Her closest companion' The tree in her backyard. But since everything in her life is going from bad to worse, soon, despite the best efforts of the tree doctor, her tree must be cut down. Ted Mackey has always done the right thing, too. He started going to the gym and lost weight, got on track, got in The Zone. But when he uncharacteristically has an affair with his personal trainer ' who has an odd-ball son who latches on to Ted like a barnacle-he has to figure out how to make everything right (even if he's not sure what right even means anymore). In a complicated dance of partners, lovers and admirers, HAPPINESS SOLD SEPARATELY delightfully shows that sometimes love with the wrong person is sometimes right."@en
  • "Elinor et Ted, la quarantaine, ont tout pour être heureux sauf un enfant qu'ils n'arrivent pas à avoir. Les tentatives se soldant par des échecs, Elinor sombre dans la dépression. Ted finit par tomber sous le charme de Gina qui élève seule Toby, son fils de 8 ans. Elinor l'apprend et tente de récupérer son mari, en vain. Alors qu'il retourne avec Gina, Elinor lui annonce qu'elle est enceinte."
  • "Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, successful career, marriage. But her world is falling apart. In her late 30s, it seems likely that she and her husband, Ted, will never have children. As Elinor withdraws from Ted, he begins an affair with Gina - a young woman with an inquisitive son, Toby, who adores Ted. Gina has her own complicated life but Ted finds solace in her enthusiasm for life, as Elinor turns to The Iliad and her garden, finding comfort in the laundry room, nursing her pain. But it is here that she learns the truth, and they seek to mend their fractured marriage. And then Elinor finds herself pregnant and suddenly they are faced with choices they never thought they'd have to make..."

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Romance fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Book club kit"@en
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"

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  • "Sommertau und Wolkenbruch : Roman"
  • "Haengbok ŭn tt'aro pamnida : Rolli Winsŭt'on changp'yŏn sosŏl ; Pak A-ram omgim"
  • "非套裝幸福"
  • "Happiness sold separately : a novel"
  • "Happiness sold separately : a novel"@en
  • "Happiness sold separately [sound recording]"
  • "Happiness sold separately [sound recording]"@en
  • "Lyckan säljs separat"@sv
  • "Happiness sold separately a novel"@en
  • "Sommertau und Wolkenbruch Roman"
  • "Szczęście za dodatkową opłatą"@pl
  • "Szczęście za dodatkową opłatą"
  • "Le bonheur clé en main : roman"
  • "Felicità senza zucchero"@it
  • "Felicità senza zucchero"
  • "Happiness sold separately"@en
  • "Happiness sold separately"
  • "Fei tao zhuang xing fu"
  • "Happiness Sold Separately"@en
  • "행복은 따로 팝니다 : 롤리 윈스턴 장편소설 ; 박아람 옮김"

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