{"product_id":"the-maps-they-gave-us-one-marriage-reimagined-paperback","title":"The Maps They Gave Us: One Marriage Reimagined - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to \u003ci\u003eWill and Grace\u003c\/i\u003e with kids, cats, and a mortgage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a memoir that celebrates the creative possibilities of intimate relationships, writer and psychotherapist Wayne Scott's \u003ci\u003eThe Maps They Gave Us: One Marriage, Reimagined\u003c\/i\u003e is an unlikely love story: a distraught couple with three school-aged children, on their way to get a divorce, are surprised when they fall in love again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a voice at once vulnerable, tender, lucid, and funny, Wayne Scott offers the perspective of a queer (bisexual) man in a mixed-orientation marriage. After the couple separate, stunned and careening toward divorce--the expected outcome--they find themselves in a tiny room with a quirky and compassionate relationship therapist who offers them a challenge: find a \"common story\" about what brought them together to help them navigate the next iteration of their relationship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wayne Scott's marriage memoir will appeal to readers who loved the messy rawness and emotional complexity of Noah Baumbach's film \u003ci\u003e Marriage Story\u003c\/i\u003e --suffused with a more expansive sense of possibility and hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWayne Scott's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e essay, \" Two Open Marriages in One Small Room,\" which appeared in 2020, was later adapted for the \u003ci\u003eModern Love\u003c\/i\u003e podcast. Other personal essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun, Poets and Writers, Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. He writes frequently for \u003ci\u003eThe Psychotherapy Networker\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to writing, he is a teacher and psychotherapist who enjoys working with other unconventional couples and families. He lives with his partner in Portland, Oregon not far from their three young adult children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45261724418092,"sku":"9781625571540","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/eADYGXDZl59781625571540.webp?v=1782756455","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-maps-they-gave-us-one-marriage-reimagined-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}