This Is Not the Story You Think It Is.: A Season of Unlikely Happiness

Book by Munson Laura

'THIS IS NOT THE STORY YOU THINK IT IS is true to its title. The book took me by surprise. I read it in one sitting and loved Munson's tone, wit, wisdom and writing' --Anita Shreve, author of THE PILOT'S WIFE

'Laura Munson takes the spiritual stuff and the personal stuff and the love stuff and the pain stuff and she brews them all together in a very fun and touching memoir. I'm a fan. This is a wonderful book' --Marianne Williamson, author of THE AGE OF MIRACLES and A RETURN TO LOVE

'This book is fabulous. Laura Munson's noble quest to become the source of her own happiness will take you by the hand and heart as it guides you through the steps to living a life without suffering. Her story pulls back the curtain on the only magic we ever need to know: how to make the shift from fear to love' --Arielle Ford, author of THE SOULMATE SECRET

'Laura Munson's powerful and buoyant book gives us wisdom in generous slices. But it is Munson s abilities as a storyteller that show us how to discover how to find and feel the real wisdom that may arise from our lives, as messy and heartbreaking as they may be. Woman, wife, mother neighbour this fine writer converts her own life s journey into a series of vignettes so focused and compelling, so heartbreaking, sometimes so funny, that they resound with the force of parables --David Baker, poetry editor of THE KENYON REVIEW

'Let me tell you what this book is about. This is a book about saying yes. It s the story of Laura Munson s alchemical ability to create abundance and bounty in the face of scarcity and abandonment no small triumph. Filled with gems big and small...Munson is a wonderful guide wise, brave, and tenaciously honest --Melanie Gideon, author of THE SLIPPERY YEAR: A MEDITATION ON HAPPILY EVER AFTER

'Laura Munson has served up a whopping portion of sanity. This book has the potential to start a cultural revolution --Leif Peterson, author of CATHERINE WHEELS and NORMAL LIKE US

'I loved this book. It s unusual, memorable, and wry; laugh-out loud funny too' --Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of CRAZY LOVE and MOMMY WARS

'Munson captures, with deepening poignancy and surprisingly good humor, the practical impossibility of remaining jujitsu-cool denying anger and self-doubt when her world appears to be coming apart at the seams' --ELLE

'I cried and laughed so hard through these pages-often at the same time-that I thanked God I was alone in the privacy of my bedroom. Laura Munson is my new heroine. The wisest, most soulful, kick-ass friend any woman who's ever had grenades launched at her self-esteem or her belief in love could ask for. Read every page. To the end. And let it heal you to the bone' --Linda Sivertsen, author of LIVES CHARMED and GENERATION GREEN

'Laura Munson's memoir is a passionate, funny, and painfully honest account of how, in the midst of emotional crisis, one always has a choice between peace and suffering. Soulfully written and full of humor--this is a wise, wonderful book!' --Kirk Farber, author of POSTCARDS FROM A DEAD GIRL

'After reading THIS IS NOT THE STORY YOU THINK IT IS, I thought: Hallelujah! To be absolutely honest, I feel a deep affinity with this writer who (like me) gave her husband six months to come to his senses after a crisis...I d like to sit down with her over a bottle of chilled white wine and share stories...and say a huge thank you to her for offering millions of readers the inspirational idea that a good (yes!) marriage is worth working at' --Bel Mooney, DAILY MAIL

'Munson captures, with deepening poignancy and surprisingly good humor, the practical impossibility of remaining jujitsu-cool denying anger and self-doubt when her world appears to be coming apart at the seams' --ELLE

'I cried and laughed so hard through these --Kirk Farber, author of POSTCARDS FROM A DEAD GIRL

'Wise, poignant, humorous and so much more, her honest words will have you totally hooked' --CLOSER magazine

'Munson captures, with deepening poignancy and surprisingly good humor, the practical impossibility of remaining jujitsu-cool denying anger and self-doubt when her world appears to be coming apart at the seams' --ELLE

'I cried and laughed so hard through these pages-often at the same time-that I thanked God I was alone in the privacy of my bedroom. Laura Munson is my new heroine. The wisest, most soulful, kick-ass friend any woman who's ever had grenades launched at her self-esteem or her belief in love could ask for. Read every page. To the end. And let it heal you to the bone' --Linda Sivertsen, author of LIVES CHARMED and GENERATION GREEN

'Laura Munson's memoir is a passionate, funny, and painfully honest account of how, in the midst of emotional crisis, one always has a choice between peace and suffering. Soulfully written and full of humor--this is a wise, wonderful book!' --Kirk Farber, author of POSTCARDS FROM A DEAD GIRL