The silver linings playbook
By: Matthew Quick
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781447219897
Subjects: Denial (Psychology); Mental health; Divorced men; Mental Depression; Widows; Fiction
Description: Pat Peoples knows that life doesn't always go according to plan, but he's determined to get his back on track. After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, Pat is staying with his parents and trying to live according to his new philosophy: get fit, be nice and always look for the silver lining. Most importantly, Pat is determined to be reconciled with his wife Nikki. Pat's parents just want to protect him so he can get back on his feet, but when Pat befriends the mysterious Tiffany, the secrets they've been keeping from him threaten to come out.
Notes: Film tie-in.

Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2008; London: Picador, 2009.