In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy famously wrote, "Happy families are
all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." This
celebrated maxim seems questionable at best to literature professor
Tracy Farber. If Tolstoy is to be taken at his word, only
unhappiness is interesting; happiness is predictable and bland.
Tracy secretly nurtures an unusual project: proving that happiness
can be uniquely interesting, in literature and in life. Although
challenging the masterly Tolstoy creates a potential threat to her
job security, Tracy is confident. After all, she's her own perfect
example -- content with friends and work and satisfied to be single
at age thirty-three. But then she meets George, who will sweep her
off her feet and challenge all of her theories. When love proves
more complicated than Tracy had imagined, she struggles to find
happiness in a way that fulfills both her head and her heart.
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