{"product_id":"do-the-math-philip-b-persinger-9780595706884","title":"Do the Math: A Novel of the Inevitable","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat could be worse than losing the love of your life? Getting her back!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Teale is a brilliant professor of mathematics. His theory of inevitability posits that any human action, no matter how insignificant, might result in a disproportionately huge calamity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis wife, Virginia \"Faye\" Warner, is a world-famous romance novelist who specializes in reuniting soul mates after a tragic and prolonged separation. According to her math, \"one past and two hearts plus one love equals four-ever.\" The Teale-Warner marriage is a thing of geometric and artistic perfection, a melding of the heart and the brain-\u003ci\u003eamour\u003c\/i\u003e and algebra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when Faye's ghostwriter suffers a nervous breakdown and shakes all the arrows out of Cupid's quiver, Faye reintroduces her husband to love. Unfortunately, it's not with herself, but with the woman William had loved and lost years ago. Love is about to clash with inevitability, and it's unclear which will emerge victorious.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold in the off-beat voice of William's graduate intern, Roger, \u003ci\u003eDo the Math\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the curious relationship between logic and love and the delightful consequences of taking a chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip B. Persinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595706886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595706884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2009","brand":"Philip B. Persinger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435582009599,"sku":"9780595706884","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ac75f98-b1e3-4acb-9915-309b9d3968eb.jpg?v=1777151340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-the-math-philip-b-persinger-9780595706884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}