""I tore through this timely novel of family, marriage, love and politics. By turns insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, How To Sleep at Night is a delight.""ā J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Bestselling author of Friends and Strangers
A witty and whip-smart novel about love, marriage, and family ties stretched thin by ambition.
Meet Ethan and Gabe. A devoted couple for years, they have successful careers, an adorable daughter, and a house in the New Jersey suburbs. Sure, they may have drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then one night Ethan makes an announcement: he wants to run for Congress as a Republicanābut only if he has progressive Gabeās blessing. For weeks a slightly queasy Gabe struggles between supporting his husband and maintaining his own lefty ideals. He can feel himself slowly pulled under the tide of Ethanās ambitions, even as he becomes widely known as a conservative spouse.
In a nearby town, suburban mom Nicole wonders what happened to her younger selfāliving in New York City, freely dating men and women, and on a path to a career in the art world. Nicole feels like an accessory in her husbandās life and like sheās given up on the goals she had for herself. Then an old flame re-enters her life unexpectedly. That woman is Ethanās sister Kate.
A political reporter at a major newspaper, Kate has reached the top of her profession. But the adrenaline rush of chasing a story has lost its thrill. When Nicoleāthe woman who broke her heartāslides into her DMs just as her brother starts his controversial congressional run, Kateās life is thrown into a tailspin that threatens to derail the success sheās worked so hard to achieve.
āA sharply funny exploration of marriage and ambition, How to Sleep at Night has the feel of whispered secrets exchanged over cocktails with your smartest friend.āāJenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street
āThis wonderful debut is about the rough and tumble road that true love represents for all of us."" ā James McBride, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store