J. Courtney Sullivan is the author of the novels Commencement, Maine, and the recently released The Engagements.One of her six favorite books about marriage, as told to The Week magazine:
A Good Hard Look by Ann NapolitanoRead about the other books on the list.
Author Flannery O'Connor is the star of this novel, a fictionalization of the great Georgia novelist's final years. But the book begins with an unforgettable pre-wedding night, in which peacocks howl into the wee hours and the bride, one ofO'Connor's neighbors, ends up with a black eye. The marriage that follows is just as surprising and complicated.
Visit J. Courtney Sullivan's website.
Writers Read: Ann Napolitano (April 2011).
The Page 69 Test: J. Courtney Sullivan's Commencement.
Also see: Top ten marriage tales and Five best works that explore marriage.
--Marshal Zeringue
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