{"product_id":"rental-house-weike-wang-9780593949030","title":"Rental House","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eChemistry, \u003c\/i\u003ea sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as seen through the lens of two family vacations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKeru and Nate first meet in college, brought together by a joke at a Halloween party (would a \"great white\" costume mean dressing like a shark or a privileged Ivy League student?) and marrying a few years later. Misfits in their own families, they find in each other a feeling of home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKeru is the only child of strict, well-educated Chinese immigrant parents who hold her to impossible standards even as an adult (\"To use a dishwasher is to admit defeat,\" says her father). Nate is from a rural, white, working class family that has never trusted his intellectual ambitions or - now - the citizenship status of his \"foreign\" wife. Nevertheless, some years into their marriage, Keru and Nate find themselves incorporating their families into two carefully planned vacations. The results are disastrous and revealing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst in a cozy beach house on Cape Cod, and later in a luxury bungalow in the Catskills, the couple is forced to confront the hidden truths at the core of their relationship. Alongside their giant sheepdog Mantou, Keru and Nate navigate visits from in-laws, a sibling, and surprising new friends, all while trying to determine if they have what it takes to make themselves and each other happy. How do you cope when your spouse and your family of origin clash? How many people (and dogs) are needed to make a family? And when the pack starts to disintegrate, what does it take to shepherd everyone back together? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in wry, gimlet-eyed prose, \u003ci\u003eRental House\u003c\/i\u003e is a concentrated gem of a novel about the seen and unforeseen forces like in-laws, careers, dreams, and fears, that shake up a marriage over time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Weike Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059394903X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593949030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Large Print Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Weike Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45934142193919,"sku":"9780593949030","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd5c8b75-a15d-4fb2-9021-5c7ac79089ac.jpg?v=1721790444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rental-house-weike-wang-9780593949030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}