A SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER NPR TIME THE WASHINGTON POST ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY FORTUNE GLAMOUR ELLE THE AV CLUB REAL SIMPLE LITHUB PARADE THE BBC THRILLIST BOOKPAGE ELECTRIC LITERATURE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BUSTLE THE ECONOMIST INSIDER HUFFPOST NEW YORK POST THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Unerringly graceful. . . . A striking book that s every bit as powerful and timely as its predecessor. . . . A masterpiece. NPR
Flawlessly constructed. The Boston Globe
Heartbreakingly resonant. San Francisco Chronicle
Lyrical, hypnotic. TheWall Street Journal
A careful, damning study of the forms of disaster humanity brings down on itself. Vulture
A beguiling tale about skewed morals, reckless lives and necessary means of escape. The Economist
A wondrously entertaining novel. Slate
A master in her prime . . . a marvel of intricacy from beginning to end. Entertainment Weekly
Mandel s gift is to weave realism out of extremity. She plants her flag where the ordinary and the astonishing meet. . . . She is our bard of waking up in the wrong time line. The New Yorker
EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL's five previous novels include The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives in New York City.