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Sarah Dunn's 'The Arrangement' Tackles An Open Marriage, Autism, Small-Town Life

The novel a humorous, sometimes light-hearted, but in-the-end poignant look at life in a small, fictional town situated on the Hudson River in New York.
"The Arrangement," by Sarah Dunn. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Sarah Dunn’s new novel “The Arrangement” is a humorous, sometimes light-hearted, but in-the-end poignant look at life in a small, fictional town situated on the Hudson River in New York.

The novel examines what happens when a 30-something couple launches a six month-long open marriage “arrangement,” and along the way explores small-town life, raising special-needs children and ultimately, the very nature of marriage.

Dunn is author of two previous novels, and creator of the new TV series “American Housewife” on ABC. She joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss her new novel.

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