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Published by Henry Holt and Company
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A Bold and Funny Novel About Trust and Love One frigid, January morning in Manhattan, a new father, racked by
sleep deprivation, decides to let his wife sleep in -- then
spontaneously flees lower Manhattan with the baby for a weekend in
the Caribbean. It wasn't a kidnapping, he wasn't leaving
his wife; he just wanted to spend a little time with the baby and
give his wife a break. When the wife awakes, truly rested for the
first time in nearly a year, she feels great -- and embarks on a
city adventure as misguided in its own way as her husband's
impulsive escape. Told from the couple's alternating points of view, the story
unfolds across one life-changing long weekend. The wife tries to
recapture who she was before the baby. The husband struggles to
care for his daughter -- far from the special homemade formula and
high-end diapers she requires. Parenting had seemed like such a
doable idea -- until they tried to do it. Lucky, highly educated
Americans, this couple barely survives making the first real
sacrifice of their lives. But survive they do, in a hilarious,
touching, tour de force debut about passion, ambivalence, and
love. pub date: 2013-03-05 | Hardcover | 9780805096620 |
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