The Default World Binding:Paperback Micah is only met with

Micah is only met with his disappointment

the master chess player makes the now-widowed viscountess the highest-stakes wager of his life in a last-ditch effort to win her affection: he will find husbands for her two sisters--or depart forever

and grandmother

"--Leila Lalami

How I wish I had this book back when I was trying to figure it all out for myself

The Default World Binding:Paperback Micah is only met withA trans woman sets out to exploit a group of wealthy roommates, only to fall under the spell of their glamorous, hedonistic lifestyle in tech bubble San Francisco. Years after fleeing San Francisco and getting sober, Jhanvi has made a life for herself working at a grocery co op and saving for her surgeries. But when her friend (and sometimes more) Henry mentions that he and his techie festival goer friends spent $100,000 to transform a warehouse