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Shop the saleThe Silver Linings Playbook
Narrator
Ray Porter
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Length
7 hours 17 minutes
Language
English
A New York Times bestseller, The Silver Linings Playbook was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
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.
Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film; The Good Luck of Right Now; and Love May Fail. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention. Matthew lives with his wife on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Ray Porter is a prolific voice actor that has recorded for over 100 audio books and dozens of television series, video games and video shorts. Among his wide variety of audiobook credits are The Silver Linings Playbook, The Black Hole War, and the Joe Ledger series. He claims, “With every book I’ve done, I have found that the author has a voice and if I can just do my best to stay out of the way of that voice, then the writer will convey what he’s trying to put across. So for me, it’s really more about enabling the text and what the author is trying to say.”
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Audiobook details
Author:
Matthew Quick
Narrator:
Ray Porter
ISBN:
9781481567633
Length:
7 hours 17 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
September 2, 2008
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#24,897 Overall
Genre rank:
#1,627 in Humor
Reviews
“Ray Porter’s performance is top-notch…Porter lets listeners feel Pat’s confusion and struggle…The movie is good. Porter’s narration makes the audiobook even better. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
“Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, The Silver Linings Playbook is a wonderful debut.”
“[A] plucky debut novel…Quick fills the pages with so much absurd wit and true feeling that it’s impossible not to cheer for his unlikely hero.”
“Charming…It is hard not to be moved by the fate of a man who, despite many ordeals, tries to believe in hope and fidelity, not to mention getting through another day with his sanity intact.”
“Heartwarming, humorous, and soul-satisfying.”
“A zig-zagging, dizzyingly page-turning tale of self-discovery.”
“Pat Peoples is the protagonist and the narrator of The Silver Linings Playbook. I found him compelling and fascinating, and I found myself not only caring about him but rooting for him unashamedly, which, for an author is, I believe, what they mean by scoring a tour de force…From the beer-soaked Bacchanalian tailgating to the black holes of despair into which Iggles fans plunge themselves after a defeat, Quick is dead-on.”
“[A] touching and funny debut…Pat is as sweet as a puppy, and his offbeat story has all the markings of a crowd-pleaser.”
“In Quick’s immensely likable debut novel…its judicious blending of pop-culture experience with richly persuasive characterizations make the book a winner…Most readers will find Pat just about irresistible.”
“Matthew Quick is a natural storyteller, and his Silver Linings Playbook—honest, wise, and compassionate—is a story that carries the reader along on a gust of optimism…More than a promising debut or an inspiring love story, this novel offers us the gift of healing.”
“This is a funny, touching performance on the part of Mr. Quick—and the beginning, I hope, of a big career.”
“Entertaining and heartfelt and authentic, The Silver Linings Playbook magically binds together love, madness, Philadelphia Eagles football, faith, family, and hard-earned hope into a story that is both profound and wonderfully beguiling. This is a splendid novel, written by a big-time talent.”
“I loved The Silver Linings Playbook. It is warm, funny, and moving.”
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