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The Art of Adapting Hardback - 2014

by Cassandra Dunn

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In this warm and winning first novel, a recently divorced woman rises to the challenge and experiences the exhilaration of independence with the unlikely help of her brother with Asperger's, who she takes in to help pay the rent.

Seven months after her husband leaves her, Lana is still reeling. Being single means she is in charge of every part of her life, and for the first time in nineteen years, she can do things the way she always wanted to do them. But that also leaves her with all the responsibility. With two teenage children--Byron and Abby, who are each dealing with their own struggles--in a house she can barely afford on her solo salary, her new life is a balancing act made even more complicated when her brother Matt moves in.

Matt has Asperger's syndrome, which makes social situations difficult for him and flexibility and change nearly impossible. He only eats certain foods in a certain order and fixates on minor details. When Lana took him in, he was self-medicating with drugs and alcohol to numb his active mind enough to sleep at night. Adding Matt's regimented routine to her already disrupted household seems like the last thing Lana needs, but her brother's unique attention to detail makes him an invaluable addition to the family: he sees things differently.

Complex, smart, and genuinely moving, The Art of Adapting is a feel-good story that celebrates the small moments and small changes that make one big life.

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  • Title The Art of Adapting
  • Author Cassandra Dunn
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st/1st
  • Pages 354
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, NY
  • Publication date 2014-07
  • ISBN 9781476761602 / 1476761604
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.29 x 1.04 in (23.52 x 15.98 x 2.64 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Brothers and sisters
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013039950
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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New York: Simon and Schuster [A Touchstone Book], 2014. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [8], 354, [6] pages. Nice inscription signed by author on title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Cassandra Dunn is the author of The Art of Adapting: A Novel. This is her debut novel. She received her MFA in creative writing from Mills College. She was a semifinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, a finalist for Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers, and a finalist for Clapboard House's Best of the House. Her stories have appeared in All Things Girl, Midwest Literary Magazine's Bearing North, Read Short Fiction, Literary House Review, The MacGuffin, 322 Review, Fix it Broken, Clapboard House, Every Writer's Resource, Rougarou Fiction, and Sand Canyon Review. When change is the only constant, the first step towards happiness is mastering the art of adapting. After her husband leaves her, Lana is still reeling. Being… Read more
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