Wayward |
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| Author:
| Spiotta, Dana |
| Series title: | Karen Pirie Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-349-01641-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2022 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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| Imprint: | Virago Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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*'Furious and addictive' New York Times *'Urgent, deeply moving, wholly original' GEORGE SAUNDERS*'A dazzling lightning bolt of a novel' JENNY OFFILL*'Fiercely funny and deliciously subversive' YIYUN LI*A New York Times Notable Book of the Year*Selected as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus*Chosen as a best book of the year by...
More Description *'Furious and addictive' New York Times *'Urgent, deeply moving, wholly original' GEORGE SAUNDERS*'A dazzling lightning bolt of a novel' JENNY OFFILL*'Fiercely funny and deliciously subversive' YIYUN LI*A New York Times Notable Book of the Year*Selected as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus*Chosen as a best book of the year by Joshua Ferris in the ObserverJust as it seems she has it all, Samantha Raymond's life begins to come apart: Trump has been elected, her mother is ill and her teenage daughter is increasingly remote. At fifty-two she finds herself staring into 'the Mids' - night-time hours of supreme wakefulness where women of a certain age contemplate their lives. For Sam, this means motherhood, mortality, and the state of an unravelling nation.When Sam falls in love with a beautiful, decrepit house on the wrong side of town, she buys it on a whim and flees her suburban life - and her family - in an attempt to find beauty in the ruins. 'Exhilarating. . . A virtuosic, singular and very funny portrait of a woman seeking sanity and purpose in a world gone mad' New York Times Book Review'What begins as a vertiginous leap into hilarious rabbit holes ends as a brilliant meditation on mortality and time. How does she do it? Only Dana Spiotta knows. I'm just happy to see her work her magic' Jenny Offill