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**__In the tradition of Joan Didion's__ The Year of Magical Thinking, __comes a poignant memoir about a marriage that was as deep and strong as it was mysterious and complex__**Upton and Sally Brady were a rare breed: cultivated and elegant, they lived a life of literary glamour and high expectations. Sally a debutante; Upton a classics major from Harvard, they met at the Boston Cotillion. He was articulate, witty, and worldly, and he danced like Fred Astaire. How could she resist? Despite raising four children on Upton's modest wage as the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly Press, theirs was a world of champagne, sailboats, private islands, famous writers, family rituals, and ice-cold martinis. They lived life on their terms. But as time wore on, Upton, the charming and brilliant husband, the inventive, beguiling partner, grew opinionated, cranky, controlling, and dangerous. When Upton died suddenly one evening in their Vermont cottage, Sally began uncovering secrets. As she went through his papers, she discovered that her husband of forty-six years had desired the love of other men. Her riveting, charismatic husband was not quite the man he appeared to be, and a year of mour
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- Author
- Sally Ryder Brady
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9782010039416
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.28 / 5 (493 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13