Publisher's Synopsis
One frigid, January morning in Manhattan, a new father, racked by sleep deprivation, decides to let his wife sleep inthen spontaneously flees lower Manhattan with the baby, for a weekend in the Caribbean. It wasnt a kidnapping, he wasnt leaving his wife; he just wanted to spend a little time with the baby and give his wife a break. When the wife, awakes, truly rested for the first time in nearly a year, she feels greatand embarks on a city adventure as misguided in its own way as her husbands impulsive escape. Told from the couples alternating points of view, the story unfolds across one life-changing long weekend. The wife tries to recapture who she was before the baby. The husband struggles to care for his daughterfar from the special homemade formula and high-end diapers she requires. Parenting had seemed like such a doable ideauntil they tried to do it. Lucky, highly-educated Americans, this couple barely survives making the first real sacrifice of their lives. But survive it they do. In a hilarious, touching tour de force debut about passion, ambivalence and love.
