Historia de Un Matrimonio (Paperback)

from donnambr

"We think we know the ones we love." This is the opening line from The Story of Marriage and sets the tone of the book. Pearlie is a young woman, living with her husband and child in relative happiness. One day, a knock on the door changes everything as an old friend of her husband brings with hi...

from peachnik

I gave this book an extra half-point for effort in introducing a broad number of issues in post-WW II society. Discrimination was a fact of life and the book covers the topic on many fronts including racial, sexual orientation, McCarthyism (political), and pacifism (conscientious objectors). It a...

from SqueakyChu

Pearlie Cook is a woman living with her husband and a four-year-old son in a small house in the Sunset district of San Francisco. She lives simply until she faces an unexpected visitor from the past. Suddenly, her marriage is shaken by its roots, and she is forced into making some radical decisio...

from ValerieAndBooks

It's impossible to discuss "The Story of a Marriage" without introducing spoilers. Let's just say it's about relationships, surprises, long-time-ago San Francisco, and a good read. This novel is best appreciated if you don't know much more than that once you start reading.

from bobbieharv

Well, it wasn't as good as I expected based on the reviews. A white man shows up at the door of a married black woman's house in the 1950s claiming to have fallen in love with her husband during the war. They enter into some sort of unclear arrangement to cede the husband to him, for unclear reas...