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Melissa Broder
The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.
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Longlisted for the Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize
Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Lucy, staying in a beautiful home overlooking Venice Beach, can find no peace…
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A scathingly funny, wildly erotic and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex and god from the Women’s Prize longlisted author of The Pisces
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So sad today? Many are. Melissa Broder is too. How and why did she get to be so sad? And should she stay sad?
'Riotously original ... A triumph' NEW YORK TIMES
'A journey unlike any you've read before' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
'Her most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every…
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The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story. In Melissa Broder's…
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Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times ("incandescent...hilarious...a triumph"), Oprah Daily ("surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise"), Vanity Fair ("Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress")…
Elaine Kraf
A provocative and thoroughly feminist "cult classic" (The New Yorker) about a smart, sensitive, yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms.
I am glad I…
I am glad I have the radiance. This time I am wiser. No one will know... The radiance drifts blue circles around my head. If I wanted to I could…
LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
Bold, virtuosic, addictive, erotic - there is nothing like The Pisces. I have no…
Milk Fed is a novel of appetites; a luscious, heartbreaking story of self-discovery through the relentless pursuit of desire. I couldn’t get enough of this devastating and extremely sexy book…
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The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.In Melissa Broder's astounding…
Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Time, Esquire, BookPage, and more A Most-Anticipated Selection by Vogue * Refinery29 * Vulture * BuzzFeed * Harper’s Bazaar…
From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular Twitter account @sosadtoday comes a darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays. Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall…
Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times ("incandescent...hilarious...a triumph"), Oprah Daily ("surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise"), Vanity Fair ("Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress"), and…
Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Time, Esquire, BookPage, and more This darkly hilarious and delicious new novel that ravishes with sex and food (The…
Robert Broder
Looking for a heart-warming book to read to your child over the years? Reading Together tells the story of a family's love for picture books and the special bond formed…
Clemence Dane
In a small English town, just before World War I, battle rages over Alwynne Durand, an appealing but dangerously inexperienced young teacher. Two women struggle to win her love: Elsbeth…
Are fairies real? a young girl asks her father. As the two walk through a forest that is magical enough to help us all believe, they tell one another a…