{"product_id":"minimum-viable-person-akiel-barton-9798253801130","title":"Minimum Viable Person","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe didn't fight for his marriage. He \u003ci\u003escoped\u003c\/i\u003e it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen his wife asks for a separation, Joel Finch does what he's always done: he opens a new doc, defines the problem, and builds a sprint. He will \u003ci\u003eoptimize\u003c\/i\u003e his way back to love-or at least to an acceptable retention rate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe terrifying part? It works. Discovery interviews spark real conversation. Retrospectives unearth buried truths. For a few months, by every measurable metric, the marriage is better. Simone is softer. Joel is almost present. The roadmap is on track. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen she finds the notebook. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWickedly funny and quietly devastating\u003c\/b\u003e, this novel skewers the productivity-obsessed, framework-addicted culture that has taught an entire generation to treat human beings like unsolved tickets in a backlog. But beneath the satire lives a genuinely urgent question: if the attention was real, the effort was real, and the results were real-does it matter that love was the deliverable? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA comedy about optimization. A tragedy about presence. An autopsy of a marriage conducted entirely in bullet points.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePick it up before your next one-on-one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akiel Barton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253801130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.04d","brand":"Akiel Barton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665387819263,"sku":"9798253801130","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5fdef49-027a-4d95-9134-457fa9b6779a.jpg?v=1792011711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minimum-viable-person-akiel-barton-9798253801130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}