Art and Marion Fowler travel to Niagara Falls for one last weekend before they divorce. Art has lost his job, their house is about to be fore-closed, and bankruptcy looms. But Art and Marion decide to take the last of their money and spend it on a second honeymoon in Canada. Can this desperate vacation save their marriage? Stewart O’Nan cannily gives the odds of events at the beginning of each chapter. If you’ve read O’Nan’s previous work, you know he’s a clever writer. And The Odds is one of his cleverest books. GRADE: B+
THE ODDS: A LOVE STORY By Stewart O’Nan
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