Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

Someone recommended this book to me because, as a teacher, they thought I would enjoy the character of the non-neurotypical young boy in the book.  Matthew's struggle to make friends is oh so familiar but this is not his story.  The marriage of his upper middle class, New Yorker, parents is.  Graham is 15 years older than out-going Audra.  While she has her pulse on the neighborhood and no apparent verbal filter (which is sometimes very funny), he sometimes misses the quieter although colder life he shared with his first wife.  When he runs into his first wife again, they begin a Audra approved purely intellectual affair with Graham's internal musings providing much of the thoughtful meat of the story.  There are many delightful moments of quirky detail - some having to do with the fact that Matthew is considered a "folding genius" by the mostly over 35 members of his origami club.  Mostly it is a beach read for people who also like the NYT crossword puzzle but maybe can't finish it past Wednesday.