The long accomplishment: a memoir of hope and struggle in matrimony
(Book)
Moody shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage--an eventful month-by-month account. At this story's start, Moody, a recovering alcoholic and sexual compulsive with a history of depression, is also the divorced father of a beloved little girl and a man in love; his answer to the question: Would you like to be in a committed relationship? is, fully and for the first time in his life, "Yes." And so his second marriage begins as he emerges, humbly and with tender hopes, from the wreckage of his past, only to be battered by a stormy sea of external troubles--miscarriages, the deaths of friends, and robberies, just for starters. As Moody has put it, "this is a story in which a lot of bad luck is the daily fare of the protagonists, but in which they are also in love." To Moody's astonishment, matrimony turns out to be the site of strength in hard times, a vessel infinitely tougher and more durable than any boat these two participants would have traveled by alone. Love buoys the couple, lifting them above their hardships, and the reader is buoyed along with them.
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Moody, R. (2019). The long accomplishment: a memoir of hope and struggle in matrimony. First edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Moody, Rick. 2019. The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony. New York, Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Moody, Rick, The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Moody, Rick. The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony. First edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
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