The silver linings playbook
By: Matthew Quick
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leicester [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781444803358
Subjects: Denial (Psychology); Mental health; Divorced men; Mental Depression; Widows; Fiction
Description: "Pat Peoples' theory is that his life is a movie produced by God. His mission in life is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure the movie is a romcom, complete with happy ending - meaning for Pat, the return of his estranged wife Nikki. After several years in a mental-health facility, Pat leaves hospital to find that no one will talk about Nikki; his friends now have families; his football team keeps losing and now his therapist recommends adultery. There's a silver lining, however, in the form of tragically widowed, physically fit, and clinically depressed Tiffany ..."--Publisher description.