Spanning the last ten years, this unflinching but empathetic novel is a modern-day anatomy of love. A seemingly perfect marriage between two college professors goes awry, leaving everyone rattled, aggrieved, or bent on revenge. The story unfolds largely from the perspective of the spouses, who despite their high-mindedness, are as self-deluded and selfish as the rest of us. Over the course of the novel, they and those around them, including their two children, strive-sometimes painfully, sometimes comically-to right themselves, but new attachments don’t come without their own false starts and sorrowful stops. Until…