![]() ![]() I know I am not alone."-Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl Never has a novel spoken so deeply to my sexuality, my spirituality, my secret self. By the time July tackles motherhood, the book has become a bible. Writing in the first person with the frank, odd lilt of an utterly truthful character, she will make you laugh, cringe and recognize yourself in a woman you never planned to be. "Miranda July's ability to pervert norms while embracing what makes us normal is astounding. ![]() This novel is almost impossible to put down, and confirms July as a novelist of the first order."-Dave Eggers, author of The Circle She narrates this very intimate epic of a story - a story that starts in a place of brittle, quirky, loneliness and progresses into a profoundly moving story of nontraditional love and commitment. "Cheryl Glickman, Miranda July's heroine in this unforgettable novel, is one of the most original, most confounding and strangely sympathetic characters in recent fiction. Not since David Foster Wallace has a writer so hilariously captured the wince-worthy adventures of the awkward human beings we all pretend we aren't."-Mark Costello, author of Big If If science fiction speculates on new technologies in human life, July imagines new emotions that have never been described. ![]() ![]() "Miranda July has created in her stories and here in her amazing debut novel something close to a new literary genre. ![]()
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