In September and October we read: Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

There were differing opinions on whether we liked the book or not.

It was generally agreed that it was an amusing book to read for pleasure and the characters were very interesting but the ending was a bit dull.

There were a few moments that had us gasping in surprise.

We enjoyed the descriptive writing.

‘A divinely funny novel about the challenges of a good marriage, the delight and heartache of raising children, and the irresistible temptation to wonder about the path not taken.

Graham Cavanaugh’s 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 son’s 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 Asperger’s, his first wife, Elspeth, reenters Graham’s life. Former spouses are hard to categorise – 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?’

Our current Staff Book Club read is – Umarriageable by Soniah Kamal