Recommended Reading:

A Happy Marriage
by Rafael Yglesias

“Rafael Yglesias’ novel—long and graceful and written to display an intimacy wincingly believable—is about life, itself, not just one particular marriage. As the book alternates between past and present, we grow, along with the characters: as they jump boundaries, so do we; as they resign themselves to a sad inevitability, we feel viscerally cornered, too. It’s a punch-in-the-stomach book, but the sharpness forces us to open our eyes wide. Impressive.”

—Ann Beattie, author of Follies