{"product_id":"standard-deviation-a-novel-vintage-contemporaries","title":"Standard Deviation: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries)","description":"An uproarious novel from the celebrated author of Single, Carefree, Mellow about the challenges of a good marriage, the delight and heartache of raising children, and the irresistible temptation to wonder about the path not taken.\n\n\"Heart-piercing and, crucially, very funny.\" —The New York Times\n\nWhen Graham Cavanaugh divorced his first wife it was to marry his girlfriend, Audra, a woman as irrepressible as she is spontaneous and fun. But, Graham learns, life with Audra can also be exhausting, constantly interrupted by chatty phone calls, picky-eater houseguests, and invitations to weddings of people he’s never met. Audra firmly believes that through the sheer force of her personality she can overcome the most socially challenging interactions, shepherding her son through awkward playdates and origami club, and even deciding to establish a friendship with Graham’s first wife, Elspeth.\n\nGraham isn't sure he understands why Audra longs to be friends with the woman he divorced. After all, former spouses are hard to categorize—are they enemies, old flames, or just people you know really, really well? And as Graham and Audra share dinners, holidays, and late glasses of wine with his first wife he starts to wonder: How can anyone love two such different women? Did I make the right choice? Is there a right choice?\n\nA hilarious and rueful debut novel of love, marriage, infidelity, and origami, Standard Deviation never deviates from the superb.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0804173168\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0804173168.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Heiny, Katherine\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448646508602,"sku":"DBV.0804173168.G","price":5.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0804173168-0.jpg?v=1780861593","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/standard-deviation-a-novel-vintage-contemporaries","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}