Then he receives a call from Stella Petrovic, an ambitious young editor who wants to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Marriage Is a Canoe with a contest for struggling couples. The prize? An afternoon with Peter and a chance to save their relationship.
The contest ensnares Stella in the opaque politics of her publishing
house, while it introduces the reader to couples in varied states of
distress: a shy thirty-something Brooklynite whose husband may be just a
bit too charismatic for his own good; a middle-aged publisher whose
imposing manner has imposed loneliness on her for longer than she cares
to admit. Then there’s Peter, who must discover what he meant when he wrote Marriage Is a Canoe if he is going to help the contest’s winners and find a way to love again.
In Love Is a Canoe,
Ben Schrank delivers a smart, funny, romantic, and hugely satisfying
novel about the fragility of marriage and the difficulty of repairing
the damage when well-intentioned people forget how to be good to one
another.
About the Author
Ben Schrank is the president and publisher of Razorbill, a Penguin imprint that is home to many award-winning and New York Times–bestselling books for children and young adults. He is also the author of the novels Consent and Miracle Man and has had residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. In the 1990s, he wrote “Ben’s Life,” a monthly column for Seventeen magazine. He grew up in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife and son.