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Local DescriptionSix days ago, Dorothy had a miscarriage. At the novel's opening, she is examining the "thick, curdled knots of string" that are still coming out of her body. Her doctor had told her that the bleeding would stop in a few days, but it hasn't. Review: 'Brilliant . . . Dorothy's sharp, witty narration makes this book something special. The result is like the glorious love child of Ottessa Moshfegh and Sally Rooney.' - Publishers' Weekly (starred review)
Author Biography: As a critic, Christine Smallwood is known for her hilarious pieces about Britney Spears, Stephanie Meyer and Werner Herzog. She has written for The New York Times, the New Yorker and Harper's. Her fiction has appeared in The Paris Review and N+1.
"Christine Smallwood’s novel inhabits the abyss between what we think about and what we actually do. Smallwood’s casually agonized and abundantly satisfying novel, provides the exact sort of thrill that can be found only through obsessive overthinking. Why live in the moment when you can dissect it like this?" —The New Yorker
"Smallwood’s novel reminds us is that the body is the only thing tethering us to the world," —Bookforum
Description"The glorious love child of Otessa Moshfegh and Sally Rooney." |