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May 03, 2022 | ISBN 9780593329672
May 03, 2022 | ISBN 9780593329696
May 03, 2022 | 480 Minutes
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May 03, 2022 | ISBN 9780593557211
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A novel about a young woman’s life-altering affair with a much older, married woman. Mallory is a freshman in college, reeling from her mother’s recent death, when she encounters the woman. She sees her for the first time at the university’s gym, immediately entranced. Soon, they meet, drawn by an electric tension and shared past wounds; before long, they begin sleeping together in secret. Self-possessed, successful, brilliant, and aloof—the woman is everything Mallory wants…and wants to be. Desiring not only the woman but also the idea of who she is when they’re together, Mallory retreats from the rest of the world, solidifying a sense of aloneness that has both haunted and soothed her since childhood and will continue to do so for years even after the affair ends. As an adult, Mallory must decide whether to stay safely in isolation or step fully into the world, to confront what the woman meant to her and how their relationship shaped her, for better or worse. Mallory’s life is transformed by loss and by love and by discovering who she is while enduring both. In this enthralling debut novel, the complexities of influence, obsession, and admiration reveal how desire and its consequences can alter the trajectory of someone’s life.
Michelle Hart is the Assistant Books Editor at O, the Oprah Magazine. Her fiction has appeared in Joyland and Electric Literature, and she has written nonfiction for Catapult, Nylon, the Rumpus, and The New Yorker online. She received her M.F.A…. More about Michelle Hart
“A gorgeous storyteller, Hart is gifted with a poet’s precision, blending image and idea. Sensual and wise, this novel channels the melancholic exhilaration of dangerous love.” – Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage“A beautiful book so filled with sharp longing and perfectly phrased vulnerability that I read it in a reverent hush.” – Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby “Reading this brilliant book is like holding a fierce yet trembling bird in your cupped hand, every page causes a tremble in your heart. You can’t put it down.” – Akhil Sharma, author of Family Life
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