{"product_id":"middle-spoon","title":"Middle Spoon","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003e“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.” —Ada Calhoun, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eCrush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eOne of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eToday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003e’s 50 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2025 · Named a Must-Read Book of Fall 2025 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country, Lit Hub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eW Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eA whip-smart, blazingly funny novel about heartbreak, unconventional love, and the way society could be, from National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003eThe narrator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eMiddle Spoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e appears to be living the dream: He has a doting husband, two precocious children, all the comforts of a quiet bourgeois life—and a sexy younger boyfriend to accompany him to farmers markets and cocktail parties. But when his boyfriend abruptly dumps him, he spirals into heartbreak for the first time and must confront a world still struggling to understand polyamorous relationships. Faced with the judgment of friends and the sting of rejection, he’s left to wonder if sharing a life with both his family and his lover could ever truly be possible.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\r\nWith a big heart and just the right dose of the anxieties that define the modern era, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eMiddle Spoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e skewers the unspoken rules we still live by—from taboos around intimacy to the shortcomings of Oscar season, pop culture, and gluten-free food—offering a surprising perspective on love, loss, and reinvention. Equal parts heart-wrenching and uproariously funny, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eMiddle Spoon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003eis for anyone who has longed, nursed a broken heart, or grappled with love at its messiest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Alejandro Varela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48029871112370,"sku":"9780593835197","price":435.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780593835197.jpg?v=1789088542","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/middle-spoon","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}