Rose is a 39-year-old single mother living in the desert town of Tecopa, California. Five years have passed since she divorced her husband, relinquished primary custody of her daughter Juniper, and returned to the place where she was raised by an alcoholic, emotionally absent mother. The story takes place a few years after the Covid-19 […]
The novel follows several intense summer days in Portland, Oregon, narrated by Claire Fererro, a thirty-something freelance political speechwriter whose professional and personal life are both in flux. The novel unfolds against the backdrop of a record-breaking heat wave, wildfire smoke, and mounting climate anxiety, using these pressures to explore intimacy and the shape of […]
The novel follows Billie Nolan, a successful fertility specialist living in New York City. She grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and has built a demanding, carefully structured adult life far from home. At the beginning of the novel, Billie is engaged to Dean, a trauma surgeon from a wealthy Hamptons family. Their […]
The novel is narrated by Suzanna, who recounts her childhood growing up in the orbit of a women’s prison where her mother is incarcerated. The story unfolds from Suzanna’s early childhood through the year her grandfather dies and the months that follow, focusing on how she learns to live with separation, loyalty, and permanence. The […]
The story follows an unnamed woman in her late twenties or early thirties living in New York, trying to move on from a long-ended but emotionally unresolved relationship with her college boyfriend, Liam. The novel begins when Liam unexpectedly texts her after nearly six years of silence. His first message is not romantic or apologetic […]
The novel is narrated by Martin, a former student looking back on his undergraduate years at Brown University and the lasting consequences of a pact he made with his professor. The story is told from adulthood, but it unfolds chronologically through his freshman year, focusing on his relationships, his desire for significance, and the irreversible […]
The novel is about several women whose lives are connected, directly or indirectly, to a well-known sculptor named Eli. The book is structured as a sequence of long, closely observed narratives that overlap in time and circumstance. Though the voices shift, the events unfold in a shared world, and together they form a continuous account […]
The novel opens in a small coastal town in Massachusetts and introduces Artie Dam, a fifty-seven-year-old high school history teacher. Artie is friendly, humorous, and well liked by his students and colleagues. He lives with his wife Evie in a large house by the sea that once belonged to her wealthy parents. Artie regularly meets […]
This short novel follows Turkish expatriate Dilara, who lives in an Italian village with her elderly Father and her hypochondriac Husband. Wanting to renovate their bathroom, the couple hire a group of workmen, although Dilara feels uneasy around them from the start. She does not want to keep checking on their work, but later regrets […]
Woman Down follows Petra Rose, a bestselling novelist whose career and personal stability collapse after a public scandal tied to the film adaptation of her most famous book. Once widely adored, Petra becomes the target of online outrage when leaked messages reveal that she privately supported major creative changes to the movie, including the removal […]