Other People We Married

The beloved story collection from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here and This Time TomorrowIn Other People We Married, 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.