I Married You for Happiness

A “captivating” portrait of a long marriage and a meditation on how chance can affect life from the National Book Award winner ( The Washington Post ).   “His hand is growing cold, still she holds it” is how this novel that contemplates love, after a husband’s sudden death, begins.   This riveting and deeply moving story unfolds over a single night, as Nina, numb with grief, sits at the bedside of her husband, Philip, whose unexpected death is the reason for her lonely vigil. There, sh