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This is Not the Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness Happiness
By Laura Munson
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This controversial true story about how a woman saved her marriage has already caused a media storm, forcing the New York Times to shut down their comments site. Every woman will HAVE to read this to have an opinion about it. ' "I DON't LOVE YOU ANY MORE. I'M NOt SURE I EVER DID." His words came at me like a speeding fist, like a sucker punch, yet somehow in that moment I was able to duck. And once I recovered and composed myself, I managed to say, "I don't buy it." Because I didn't. He drew back in surprise. Apparently he'd expected me to burst into tears, to rage at him, to threaten him with a custody battle. Or beg him to change his mind ... I really wanted to fight. to rage. to cry. But I didn't. Instead, a shroud of calm enveloped me ... You see, I'd recently committed to a non-negotiable understanding with myself. I'd committed to "the End of Suffering". I'd decided to take responsibility for my own happiness. And I mean all of it.' When Laura Munson's essay about how she dealt with this heartbreaking pronouncement from her husband of 20 years appeared in the New York times it created a firestorm. the No.1 read, emailed and searched story of the day forced the times to shut down their comments site. Readers sent it to their friends, therapists gave it to patients, ministers read it to congregations, women everywhere argued about it. Her website went from 4 readers to 4000 in a day, then 1500 a day a week later. this is the memoir that spawned the column. Raw, searingly honest, poignant, funny and often enraging, this powerful and timely story is the one book every woman should read this year.
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Laura Munson
Laura Munson is a writer who lives with her husband and children in Montana.
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Reviews for This is Not the Story You Think It Is
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5read the article that prompted the book, so decided to give it a try when I saw this at a used book store. Worth the effort, I wanted to finish, interesting that she never gives her husband a name, I think it does serve to keep the story about her, which I suspect is part of the reason for it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I am not certain that I can do justice to this book. It had such a profound impact on my approach to life, to my marriage, that I am still processing what to do with this information. Ms. Munson presents her story in such a forthright manner, her pain and terror at what is occurring in her marriage is palable and at times very uncomfortable to read. I alternated between not wanting to put myself through the anguish but curiosity to see how her philosophy worked in the end. I forced myself to read one page at a time, as it was meant to be read. After all, if she did not know how her experiment was going to end when she started it, how fair is it for the reader to jump ahead and read her conclusions? The journey Ms. Munson goes on during this one summer is the beauty of the story.How can I describe This Is Not The Story You Think It Is? The frontpiece of the novel informs the reader that it is a memoir. Of that, there is no doubt. However, it is so much more than just a memoir. It is a change of life, a new philosophy that Ms. Munson uncovers one summer as she struggles to find happiness in a situation she never considered she would face. It is a self-help book in every essence of the word, as Ms. Munson shares with the reader her own effort to help herself find happiness and peace.There are so many gems in this book; I found myself wanting to break out the highlighter to showcase sentence after sentence that resonated with me at a deep level. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." (pg. 61) "It's when you stop wanting outside of your control, that you'll be happy." (pg. 4) "Our happiness is not outside ourselves. It's all here. In us. It always was." (pg. 116)For someone with low self-esteem, what life-changing words! Words are just words and can only upset us if we let them. We each generate our own happiness. If you take them to heart, can you imagine the peace, the relief you would feel? I can. Make no mistake, Ms. Munson fought this lesson. It was a battle that took her four months to win, and even then, it was a day-to-day victory. But the end result was worth the battle, and that is what counts.This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness is an amazing story of patience, fortitude and love - love of life, love of self, love of family. Whether she believes it or not, Laura Munson is a wise woman, and we would do well to heed her words of wisdom.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A decent memoir, but not what I expected. Much less zen detachment than advertised.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved her piece for Modern Love in the New York Times and I wanted to like her book but I found it disappointing. I'm not sure why - it may be a case of less is more. She seemed to want to over control her husband's search for equanimity and that bothered me.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5An interesting premise, but I just couldn't get through it. Not exactly sure why. Too introspective? Too slow? Though one should not expect anything more than a moderate pace in a book such as this. It was tough to connect to the narrator. Despite her real problem and her extraordinary success, the first 50 pages just weren't that interesting.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5read the article that prompted the book, so decided to give it a try when I saw this at a used book store. Worth the effort, I wanted to finish, interesting that she never gives her husband a name, I think it does serve to keep the story about her, which I suspect is part of the reason for it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In writing This Is Not The Story You Think It Is, Laura reflects on the early days with her husband. She delves into their connection and the caring moments the two have shared. They lived in Boston, then Seattle—where her husband ran a successful brewery-- and finally moved to the wide plains of Montana. Laura has written 14 novels and has never had one published. She does manage to publish the occasional article but not nearly often enough. Laura also reflects on the successful marriage of her well-to-do parents. She was a daddy’s girl and feels good about it. And by caring for her own well-being and providing her husband with support in silence and space, Laura and her husband come to an understanding.