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Middle spoon / Alejandro Varela.
"The narrator of Middle Spoon 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593835173 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 321 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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| Subject: | Man-man relationships > Fiction. Non-monogamous relationships > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Gay fiction. Queer fiction. Novels. |
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- Baker & Taylor
The narrator has a husband, two children, and a comfortable bourgeois lifeâand a sexy younger boyfriend to accompany him to farmers markets and cocktail parties, but when his boyfriend dumps him, he is heartbroken and must confront a world struggling to understand polyamorous relationships. - Baker & Taylor
"The narrator of Middle Spoon 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"-- - Penguin Putnam
âMiddle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly, analytical opera of the heart.â âAndrew Sean Greer, author of Less and Less Is Lost
âA rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.â âAda Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of Crush
One of Todayâs 50 Books We Canât Wait to Read in 2025 · Named a Must-Read Book of Fall 2025 by Town & Country, W Magazine, and more
A whip-smart, blazingly funny novel about heartbreak, unconventional love, and the way society could be, from National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela
The narrator of Middle Spoon appears to be living the dream: He has a doting husband, two precocious children, all the comforts of a quiet bourgeois lifeâand 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, heâs left to wonder if sharing a life with both his family and his lover could ever truly be possible.
With a big heart and just the right dose of the anxieties that define the modern era, Middle Spoon skewers the unspoken rules we still live byâfrom taboos around intimacy to the shortcomings of Oscar season, pop culture, and gluten-free foodâoffering a surprising perspective on love, loss, and reinvention. Equal parts heart-wrenching and uproariously funny, Middle Spoon is for anyone who has longed, nursed a broken heart, or grappled with love at its messiest.
