A Writing Marriage: With Excerpts from Blue Antiquity

A uniquely styled memoir that blends fiction and nonfiction to illuminate the love, faith, and artistry of two American writers.

In December 1998, novelist Oscar Hijuelos and writer/editor Lori Marie Carlson were married in the Riverside Church in New York City. One love story, one Pulitzer Prize, and one untimely death later, Lori is left to unveil the creativity and faith that were at the center of their marriage.

In a narrative of recollections inspired by the setting of a Lutheran cathedr...