"The Silver Linings Playbook" is the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal.During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally suppor...
"The Silver Linings Playbook" is the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal.During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia Eagles keep losing, making his father moody; and his new therapist seems to be recommending adultery as a form of therapy.When Pat meets the tragically widowed and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, if only he will give up watching football, agree to perform in this year's Dance Away Depression competition, and promise not to tell anyone about their 'contract.' All the while, Pat keeps searching for his silver lining.
God,I didn't ask for million dollars. I didn't ask to be famous and powerful. i didn't even ask for Nikki to take me back. I only asked for a meeting. A single face-to-face conversation. All I've done since I left the bad place was try to improve myself--to become exactly what you tell everyone to be:a good person. And here I am running through North Philly on a rainy Christmas day--all alone. Why did you give us so many stories about miracles? Why did you send your son down from heaven? Why did you give us movies if life doesn't ever end well? What kind of fucking God are you? Do you want me to be miserable for the rest of my life? Do you--
Something hits my shin hard, and then my palms are sliding across the wet concrete. I feel kicks landing on my back, my legs, my arms. I curl up int... (查看原文)
I didn't particularly like the story or the writing for the most part of the book, so I just slowly read on. But when I reached the last few chapters, things began to heat up and every dot began to connect and everything that hadn't before started to make s...
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1 有用 走走 2013-01-23 01:19:22
比电影更让人回味。
1 有用 主键 2013-01-20 15:24:14
几年后看到根据此书拍摄的同名电影,仍然是那么喜欢。
1 有用 小魔障 2013-07-26 04:01:07
淡淡的两个神经病人间的小温暖,最萌的其实还是那个印度大夫
0 有用 savagett 2013-01-22 09:32:41
好可惜母亲的角色在电影里被淡化掉了,多可爱的老太太。小说本身就有点单薄,一半儿都是对于NFL的热爱。
0 有用 一生总要次一次 2013-01-24 14:45:18
非常细腻流畅的文字。