It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt as she struggles to understand the world around her, most especially her husband, Holland. "The Story of a Marriage" portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it.
- ISBN13 9780571240982
- Publish Date 3 July 2008 (first published 29 April 2008)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 3 April 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English