If you have ever been enamored (or trapped) by someone on a plane, The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger might draw you in. Freudenberger notes in this Guardian interview that the inspiration for the book was, in part, drawn from her plane encounter with an engaged couple en route to Rochester. An excerpt of the story, or more accurately, the original story (which grew to book) was published in the New Yorker in 2010 with the book launching the first day of May 2012.
The couple's story: Bangladeshi woman meets New York man via dating website. Online courtship ensues. Woman leaves all to become American wife. Even the "average" marriage has material for a book (or a reality show) but this more extraordinary beginning certainly gives lit potential after "I do." The New York times review can be found here.
Moral of the story: don't talk too much to the person in the seat next to you. You just might emerge a protagonist.
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