{"product_id":"the-divorce-papers-9780804137461","title":"The Divorce Papers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"sneakily clever\" (Kevin Kwan) novel of the lengths we'll go for that thing called love, from the author of \u003ci\u003eLike Mother, Like Mother \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In her clever modern twist on the epistolary form, Rieger excavates the humor and humanity from a most bitter uncoupling.\"--Emily Giffin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A witty first novel . . . providing all the voyeuristic pleasure of snooping through someone else's inbox.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophie Diehl is happily toiling away at an old-line New England law firm when \u003ci\u003eMayflower \u003c\/i\u003edescendant Mia Meiklejohn Durkheim strides through the door. While dining at the most chic eatery in town, Mia was handed a most unwanted substitute for the wine list: divorce papers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophie reluctantly steps away from her criminal law casework to conduct Mia's intake interview and, to her dismay, Mia insists she take the case--Sophie is just who she needs to take on her soon-to-be-ex and his thuggish lawyers. For Sophie, the whole affair sparks a hard look at the relationships in her own life with parents, friends, and lovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rich, layered novel told entirely through personal correspondence, office memos, e-mails, articles, handwritten notes, and legal documents, \u003ci\u003eThe Divorce Papers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a direct window into the lives of an entertaining cast of characters never shy about speaking their minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUSAN RIEGER\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of Columbia Law School. She has worked as a residential college dean at Yale and an associate provost at Columbia. She has taught law to undergraduates at both schools and written frequently about the law for newspapers and magazines. She lives in New York City with her husband. \u003ci\u003eThe Divorce Papers \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556478128402,"sku":"9780804137461","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1cabefe-2767-4017-91d7-2689e2dcdaa5.jpg?v=1731754581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-divorce-papers-9780804137461","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}