Renowned author David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his beloved New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together - and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.Douglas Petersen may be a mild-mannered scientist, but his reserve hides a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful art-school graduate Connie into a second date...and into marrying him. Now, almost ...