Off the Shelf asked author Scott O’Connor to create a book list for us, and he chose to showcase that most complicated of unions, marriage. These five books exploring the institution range from funny to outrageous, grief-stricken to restless. Perhaps you’ll catch a glimpse of your own bond with your better half.
Complicated Arrangements: Five Intimate Novels About Marriage
Birds of America
Moore’s takes on marriage in her famous collection are sharp, funny, and full of the kinds of revealed truths that leave you shaking your head with surprise and recognition. -Scott O'Connor
Birds of America
Moore’s takes on marriage in her famous collection are sharp, funny, and full of the kinds of revealed truths that leave you shaking your head with surprise and recognition. -Scott O'Connor
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Pacazo
Kesey’s beautifully rendered novel of grief, a marriage cleaved in half, and what remains. -Scott O'Connor
Pacazo
Kesey’s beautifully rendered novel of grief, a marriage cleaved in half, and what remains. -Scott O'Connor
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Music for Torching
Outrageous and yet perfectly relatable. A family and their desperate, reckless attempts to escape their suffocatingly ordinary lives. -Scott O'Connor
Music for Torching
Outrageous and yet perfectly relatable. A family and their desperate, reckless attempts to escape their suffocatingly ordinary lives. -Scott O'Connor
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NW
Smith’s marriages are complex and candid, full of fear and humor and hope, bad decisions and moments of defining grace. -Scott O'Connor
NW
Smith’s marriages are complex and candid, full of fear and humor and hope, bad decisions and moments of defining grace. -Scott O'Connor
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A Single Man
Delicately wrenching, mourning and memory, the story of a spouse, newly alone, and the uncertain life now before him. - Scott O'Connor
A Single Man
Delicately wrenching, mourning and memory, the story of a spouse, newly alone, and the uncertain life now before him. - Scott O'Connor
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