What happens when two people who love each other absolutely cannot agree
on the thermostat? Twenty-five years of marriage happens. The Thermostat
Wars is a hilarious, warmhearted humor memoir about the tiny, ridiculous
battles that prove you married exactly the right person - because only
the right person could make you this crazy.
Vincenzo Roberto has spent a quarter century locked in domestic diplomacy
with his wife over everything that matters: whether knives go point-up or
point-down in the dishwasher, whether cereal technically qualifies as soup,
whether the thermostat should be set at her 74° or his perfectly reasonable
68°, and whether Axl Rose forgot the words to Sweet Child O' Mine or was
writing abstract poetry. Each chapter chronicles a different battle in the
ongoing negotiation that is married life - told with the self-aware humor
of a man who knows he is almost certainly wrong but cannot stop making his
case anyway.
Structured as a dual narrative with her side included throughout, The
Thermostat Wars captures the specific joy of arguing passionately about
absolutely nothing with the person you chose above everyone else. These
aren't the fights that end marriages. They're the ones that hold them
together. Warm, funny, and deeply relatable, this book is for every couple
who has ever turned an argument about dishwasher loading into a love story.
An ideal gift for newlyweds, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, or any couple
who still hasn't agreed on toilet paper orientation.
