{"product_id":"other-people-we-married-isbn-9781594486067","title":"Other People We Married","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved story collection from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vacationers, All Adults Here \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e This Time Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOther People We Married\u003c\/i\u003e, Straub creates characters as recognizable as a best friend, and follows them through moments of triumph and transformation with wit, vulnerability, and dazzling insight. In “Some People Must Really Fall in Love,” an assistant professor takes halting steps into the awkward world of office politics while harboring feelings for a freshman student. Two sisters struggle with old assumptions about each other as they stumble to build a new relationship in “A Map of Modern Palm Springs.” In “Puttanesca,” two widows move tentatively forward, still surrounded by ghosts and disappointments from the past. These twelve stories, filled with sharp humor, emotional acuity, and joyful language, announce the arrival of a major new talent.“\u003ci\u003eOther People We Married\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelation.”\u003cbr\u003e—Lorrie Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Gate at the Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emma Straub is worthy of our adoration. These stories are wise, surprising, hilarious, and unforgettable.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karen Russell, author of \u003ci\u003eSt. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSwamplandia!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emma Straub is a wry, witty, incisively observant writer.”\u003cbr\u003e—Dan Chaon, author of \u003ci\u003eAwait Your Reply\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emma Straub’s stories mean that there are fewer lonely people in the world; they are the best kind of company. I’m giddy about their very existence, the way you get giddy when you meet someone you’d like to know for a long, long time. I look forward to knowing Emma Straub’s fiction for a long, long time.”\u003cbr\u003e—Thisbe Nissen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good People of New York \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOsprey Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Razor sharp and tenderhearted, funny and wrenching. Emma Straub’s stories take place in all the messy, fascinating, uncanny corners of contemporary relationships.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eStranger Things Happen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emma Straub has such a graceful, brittle, subversive voice that it takes a moment after you surface from her stories, drugged with pleasure and ringing with sharp insight, to realize how deeply she loves and understands humanity. \u003ci\u003eOther People We Married\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific collection of stories, and Emma Straub is a joyous marvel of a writer.”\u003cbr\u003e—Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDelicate Edible Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The smarts and humor of a Lorrie Moore or a Laurie Colwin or a Laurie Anderson—any number of Lauries.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kevin Brockmeier, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brief History of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, for the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003eEmma Straub is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e‒bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eModern Lovers, The Vacationers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLaura Lamont's Life in Pictures.\u003c\/i\u003e Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a contributing writer for \u003ci\u003eRookie\u003c\/i\u003e. Straub's work has been published in fifteen countries.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300389179621,"sku":"NP9781594486067","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781594486067.jpg?v=1767734295","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/other-people-we-married-isbn-9781594486067","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}