"-Raleigh News and Observer "An engaging blend of social criticism
because there's no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé's new fiancée's ex
was helping him to listen better to the motion in music
"Brilliant and timely" -- Oliver Burkeman
He enjoins educators to stop offering up literature as facile entertainment and instead teach students to read in a way that can change their lives for the better
Headshot "-Raleigh News and Observer "AnFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, Elle, Vulture, Lit Hub, and The Guardian "Make room, American fiction, for a meaningful new voice." Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review An electrifying debut novel from an "unusually gifted writer"