{"product_id":"rental-house-a-novel-1","title":"Rental House: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years. And it’s also frequently hilarious.”\u003cbr\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[For] basically anyone who is breathing, Rental House is a must-read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sharp, insightful, occasionally heartbreaking, and incredibly relatable.”\u003cbr\u003e—Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For anyone who’s experienced demanding parents, misunderstanding in-laws, a vacation-gone-wrong, or mid-life questions about how to reconcile your own personality liabilities with those of the person you love most.”\u003cbr\u003e—Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Chemistry, a sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as seen through the lens of two family vacations\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003eWith her “wry, wise, and simply spectacular” style (People) and “hilarious deadpan that recalls Gish Jen and Nora Ephron” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Weike Wang offers a portrait of family that is equally witty, incisive, and tender.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52648702411059,"sku":"9780593545553","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1108\/1267\/files\/9780593545553.jpg?v=1762463815","url":"https:\/\/slantoflightbooks.com\/products\/rental-house-a-novel-1","provider":"Slant of Light Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}