Days Of Awe

Celebrated for her irresistibly witty, strikingly intelligent examinations of friendship and marriage, Lauren Fox (g2s... (more)

Celebrated for her irresistibly witty, strikingly intelligent examinations of friendship and marriage, Lauren Fox (g2sAn immensely gifted writer{u2014}a writer adept at capturing the sad-funny mess that happens to be one woman{u2019}s lifeg3s {u2014}Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) has written her most powerful novel to date. Days of Awe is the story of a woman who, in the wake of her best friend{u2019}s sudden death, must face the crisis in her marriage, the fury of her almost-teenage daughter, and the possibility of opening her cantankerous heart to someone new. Only a year ago Isabel Moore was married, was the object of adoration for her ten-year-old daughter, and thought she knew everything about her wild, extravagant, beloved best friend, Josie. But in that one short year her husband moved out and rented his own apartment; her daughter grew into a moody insomniac; and Josie{u2014}impulsive, funny, secretive Josie{u2014}was killed behind the wheel in a single-car accident. As the relationships that long defined Isabel{u2014}wife, mother, daughter, best friend{u2014}change before her eyes, Isabel must try to understand who she really is. Teeming with longing, grief, and occasional moments of wild, unexpected joy, Days of Awe is a daring, dazzling book{u2014}a luminous exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the often surprising shape of new love. (less)

"A razor-sharp story collection from a writer who is always "furiously good" (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing T... (more)

"A razor-sharp story collection from a writer who is always "furiously good" (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing Time). With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart of an uneasy America in her new collection - exploring our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be. In "A Prize for Every Player," a man is nominated to run for president by the customers of a big box store, while he and his family do their weekly shopping. At a conference on genocide(s) in the title story, old friends rediscover themselves and one another - finding spiritual and physical comfort in ancient traditions. And in "Hello Everybody" and "She Got Away," Homes revisits a Los Angeles family obsessed with the surfaces and frightened of what lives below. In the nearly three decades since her seminal debut collection The Safety of Objects, Homes has been celebrated by readers and critics alike as one of our boldest and most original writers, acclaimed for her psychological accuracy and "satire so close to the truth it's terrifying" (Ali Smith). Her first book since the Women's Prize-winning May We Be Forgiven, Days of Awe is a major new addition to her body of visionary, fearless, outrageously funny work"-- (less)

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