{"product_id":"cleaving-paperback-1","title":"Cleaving - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Covington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVicki Covington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVicki Covington\u003c\/b\u003e (Joint Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marriage is like a rain forest,\" Vicki Covington writes in Cleaving. \"The story of a marriage contains all that grows in the canopy, all that is visible from an aerial, or public, view. The understory of a marriage is the place where . . . we struggle, fight, and conceive. It's the place where compost is made, where anything can grow, including forgiveness.\" Told in the authors' alternating voices, Cleaving is both the story and the understory of a marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildhood acquaintances, Vicki and Dennis meet again in their twenties and wed. they \"promise each other nothing\" and get more than they'd bargained for: alcoholism, infidelity, infertility, uncertainty. tumult gives way to sobriety, parenthood, and meaningful work, but a yearning remains. In a quest to root themselves in the larger world, they embark on a mission to dig water wells in Central America, assuaging a spiritual thirst by addressing a practical need. Yet even this is part of the story-the visible, overarching canopy-of the marriage. The understory-and the triumph of this haunting book, which is neither sentimental nor cynical-is its portrayal of the eddying of passion through the institution that enshrines but cannot contain it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soulful and unsparing portrait of the forces that threaten-and sustain-a relationship over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Covington is a journalist and the author of Salvation on Sand Mountain, a 1995 National Book Award finalist. Vicki Covington is the author of four novels, including The Last Hotel for Women. They live in Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 7.89 x 5.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180366086393,"sku":"9780865475892","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZG5hRCtCMkU3YVk0WS80NlVNOWtSdz09_f1b5d266-9d52-4eae-96cf-f4fd7ae45ed1.webp?v=1767737235","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cleaving-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}