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The rye bread marriage, how I found happiness with a partner I'll never understand, Michaele Weissman

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The rye bread marriage, how I found happiness with a partner I'll never understand, Michaele Weissman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rye bread marriage

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Michaele Weissman

Sub title

how I found happiness with a partner I'll never understand

Summary

How do partners in long-lasting relationships live together without driving each other up a wall? After fifteen years of marriage of John, a dashing European, a Latvian refugee and a physics PhD and Michaele, a fast-talking American college student, their love for each other does not assuage the trauma John experienced as a child during World War II; nor does it help Michaele understand her husband's unwavering devotion to every aspect of Latvian culture, particularly his passion for the dark, intense rye bread of his birthplace. Michaele feels like an outsider in her own relationship, unable to touch a core piece of her husband's being. So, as John realizes his dream of opening a rye bread bakery, Michaele embarks on a fascinating journey. Delving into history and traveling across Europe with John, she excavates poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience and realizes at last that rye bread represents everything about John's homeland that he loved and lost. How do the stories we live and the stories we inherit play out in our relationships? How do individuals learn to tolerate ethnic, religious, and national differences? The Rye Bread Marriage is a beautifully told, often humorous, love story about the messiness of spending a lifetime with another human being. Michaele Weissman reminds us that every relationship is a mystery and a miracle

Table Of Contents

You wake up married -- A displaced person -- A rye bread marriage -- Epilogue

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