{"product_id":"rental-house-1","title":"Rental House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024 • \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eChemistry\u003c\/em\u003e, a sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as seen through the lens of two family vacations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeru and Nate are college sweethearts who marry despite their family differences: Keru’s strict, Chinese, immigrant parents demand perfection (“To use a dishwasher is to admit defeat,” says her father), while Nate’s rural, white, working-class family distrusts his intellectual ambitions and his “foreign” wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome years into their marriage, the couple invites their families on vacation. At a Cape Cod beach house, and later at a luxury Catskills bungalow, Keru, Nate, and their giant sheepdog navigate visits from in-laws and unexpected guests, all while wondering if they have what it takes to answer the big questions: How do you cope when your spouse and your family of origin clash? How many people (and dogs) make a family? And when the pack starts to disintegrate, what can you do to shepherd everyone back together?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeike Wang is the author of three novels, \u003cem\u003eChemistry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJoan is Okay\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRental House\u003c\/em\u003e. The recipient of a PEN\/Hemingway Award, a Whiting Award, and an O. Henry Prize, she was also named a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University, Barnard College, and the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288354734237,"sku":"9780593545553","price":89.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9780593545553.jpg?v=1764224632","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/rental-house-1","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}