The Arithmetic of Compromise: And Other Stories on the Delicate Sum of a Shared Life

<p>What is the true price of a shared dream?</p><p>We enter marriage with a heart full of hope and a blueprint for a perfect life. But reality with its quiet disappointments and unspoken compromises has a way of redrawing the lines.</p><p>In this profoundly moving and witty collection fifteen couples discover that love is the simplest part. The hard part is the arithmetic.</p><p>Meet the pair who fought a cinematic battle to be together only to find their greatest challenge in the silent war over whose turn it is to do the dishes. The &ldquo;perfectly matched&rdquo; duo who trusted an algorithm unprepared for the messy uncoded variables of a sick parent or a lost job. The elderly husband who becomes the gentle editor of his wife&rsquo;s fading memory tenderly revising their past to protect her present.</p><p>Bittersweet poignant and laced with sharp insight The Arithmetic of Compromise is a mirror held up to the most intimate of human partnerships. It is a masterful exploration of the fragile sums that bind us and the beautiful imperfect totals of a life built together.</p><p>Perfect for readers of Olive Kitteridge and The Interpreter of Maladies.</p>