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From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, comes The Good Luck of Right Now, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere - an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love. For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. His redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and leave the nest. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in his mom, Saturday mass, and the library learn how to fly? Bartholomew thinks he´s found a clue when he discovers a "Free Tibet" letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother´s underwear drawer. In her final days, mom called him Richard - there must be a cosmic connection. Believing that the actor is meant to help him, Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly intimate letters. Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien abduction and cat telepathy, the Catholic Church and the mystery of women are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. But mostly the letters reveal one man´s heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own. A struggling priest, a "Girlbrarian," her feline-loving, foul-mouthed brother, and the spirit of Richard Gere join the quest to help Bartholomew. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada to see the cat Parliament and find his biological father... and discover so much more.

[Read by Ray Porter]A heartwarming debut novel by Matthew Quick, soon to be a major movie by David O. Russell (the Oscar-nominated director of The Fighter) due in theatres Thanksgiving 2012Why did NPR's popular librarian Nancy Pearl pick The Silver Linings Playbook as one of summer's best reads for 2009? "Aawww shucks!" Pearl said. "I know that´s hardly a usual way to begin a book review, but it was my immediate response to finishing Matthew Quick´s heartwarming, humorous and soul-satisfying first novel... This book makes me smile."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, an enchanting first novel about love, madness, and Kenny G.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. The problem is that Pat is now home, living with his parents, and everything seems off; 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, physically fit, and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, but only if 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.In this brilliantly written debut novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pat's mind, deftly showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective. The result is a touching and funny story that helps us look at both depression and love in a wonderfully refreshing way.

Pat Peoples está de regresso ao mundo da normalidade da vida familiar em casa de seus pais após ter permanecido numa instituição psiquiátrica devido a um traumatismo grave. Da memória deste fervoroso adepto dos Eagles de Philadelphia desapareceu uma participação do clube no Super Bowl e a demolição do antigo estádio. Ninguém, lá em casa, lhe fala de Nikki, a sua mulher, e até o seu novo terapeuta parece incitá-lo ao adultério. Tudo assume um aspeto cada vez mais estranho. Como a pouco e pouco se vai revelando, anos da sua vida tinham-se pura e simplesmente apagado. Apesar disso, Pat não se deixa desviar daquela que acredita ser a missão de autoaperfeiçoamento. Guia para Um Final Feliz é uma narrativa vibrante e intensa que nos oferece uma visão refrescante sobre sentimentos de perda, depressão e amor. É também um magnífico romance de estreia que foi adaptado ao cinema e que chega a Portugal a 10 de Janeiro 2013, na mesma data em que estreia o filme.

Durante 38 anos, Bartholomew Neil viveu com a mãe e para a mãe... até ao momento em que ela adoece gravemente e morre. Sem saber como irá continuar a viver sem ela, começa a procurar um novo rumo para a sua vida, e a primeira pista que lhe aparece surge justamente numa das gavetas da mãe - uma carta assinada por Richard Gere, o próprio. Acreditando piamente que o famoso ator está destinado a ajudá-lo, Bartholomew escreve-lhe uma série de cartas contando-lhe todos os pormenores da sua vida. E é assim que, na companhia de um grupo de amigos e do espírito de Gere, Bartholomew viaja até ao Canadá, numa demanda que se revelará pródiga em surpresas Com humor e sabedoria de vida, A Sorte Que Move o Destino, o novo romance do autor de Guia Para um Final Feliz, fala-nos da vontade sincera de um homem inadaptado de construir o seu próprio projeto de vida.