Standard Deviation
by Katherine Heiny
Buy on Amazon"Divorcing his wife to marry his girlfriend Audra is the one impulsive thing Graham Cavanaugh has ever done. Audra is charming and spontaneous and fun, but life with her can be exhausting, constantly interrupted by phone calls, burdened by houseguests, and populated by old men with backpacks full of origami paper. As Graham and Audra struggle to define their marriage and raise a child with Asperger's, they decide to establish a friendship with his first wife Elspeth. But former spouses are hard to categorize--are they friends, enemies, old flames, or just people who know you really, really well?"--
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"I love a breezy domestic novel, and Standard Deviation certainly scratches that itch. Graham is married to Audra, a charming and vivacious graphic designer who lovingly dotes on their autistic son, Matthew. Things get interesting when the couple reconnects with Elspeth, Graham’s emotionally distant first wife. This book charmed me because of the two women at its center – they aren’t archetypes, but fully realized women. I understand why Graham fell in love with both of them."
NPR Books We Love — 2017 · apps.npr.org
"'Standard Deviation,' by Katherine Heiny. I was on a plane with my family and laughed so much and so loudly my children slid down their seats and pretended I wasn't with them."
By the Book: Jojo Moyes · nytimes.com