num_pages: 322
description: A rueful funny examination of love marriage infidelity and origami. Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking this sensational debut will appeal to fans of David Nicholls Nick Hornby Nora Ephron and Lorrie MooreGraham Cavanaughs second wife Audra is everything his first wife was not. She considers herself privileged to live in the age of the hair towel talks non-stop through her epidural labour and delivery invites the doorman to move in and the eccentric members of their sons Origami Club to Thanksgiving. She is charming and spontaneous and fun but life with her can be exhausting.In the midst of the day-to-day difficulties and delights of marriage and raising a child with Aspergers his first wife Elspeth reenters Grahams life. Former spouses are hard to categorize  are they friends enemies old flames or just people who know you really really well? Graham starts to wonder: How can anyone love two such different women? Did he make the right choice? Is there a right choice?
language: English
title: Standard Deviation
publisher: Fourth Estate