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Listed by Publisher’s Weekly, the AV Club, and InStyle as one of the best fiction books of 2020. Longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award which honors “a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new ground by reshaping the boundaries of its form and signaling strong potential for lasting influence.”
“…its particular quality of stillness hums with so much mystery and intensity that the book never feels static. It is a measure of the book’s success that as I reached the conclusion, I felt considerably more altered by the experience than I often am by novels that travel much further from their beginnings.” -Kevin Brockmeier for The New York Times “…her receptiveness to the marvels eddying around brightens every detail in a small, deeply felt life.” –O Magazine, recommended reads “In Bender’s astounding meditation on time, space, mental illness, and family—her first novel in a decade (after The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake)—a 28-year-old woman works to solidify her memories from childhood….Rich in language and the magic of human consciousness, Bender’s masterpiece is one to savor.” —Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review) “By the end, the book reveals itself as a meditation on memory, identity, and the sometimes-uncanny relationship between living things and the inanimate world. A novel with rewards for patient and sympathetic readers.” –Kirkus