“One of the best books ever on the experience of being a mother.”—Boston Sunday GlobeMore
A San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick
"Much of the book is astonishingly funny; the rest would break your heart." —Colm TóibínMore
2012 Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Award for Excellence in Literature
"This stunning novel by a Booker Prize winner . . . Offers up its brilliance by way of astonishingly effective storytelling."—Booklist, starred reviewMore
2012 Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Award for Excellence in Literature
A haunting story of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing.More