The beloved story collection from the New York Times-bestselling
author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here and This Time Tomorrow
In 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.