Description
In a quiet Southern town, a mysterious, genderless, and ageless individual known only as Pew awakens to find themselves at the center of a small church congregation. Taken in by a family, Pew navigates a week of unsettling interactions, their own identity as elusive as their past. As Pew grapples with questions of belonging and the nature of truth, the novel explores themes of faith, alienation, and the search for meaning in a world that struggles to define the undefinable. Catherine Lacey crafts a thought-provoking narrative that challenges perceptions and leaves readers pondering the essence of human connection.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2020
224 pages
ISBN: 9780374720131
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a southern gothic cathartic exploration of identity and the complexity of where kindness, forcefulness, forgiveness, and forgetting all mix in a tangled up middle space. i really couldn't write a review for this book if i tried, but i would recommend it if you liked russell bank's "[b:The Sweet Hereafter|273499|The Sweet Hereafter|Russell Banks|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407710624l/273499._SY75_.jpg|1446]" or jacqueline harpman's "[b:I Who Have Never Known Men|60811826|I Who Have Never Known Men|Jacqueline Harpman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1649947133l/60811826._SY75_.jpg|14356]."
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First Published
2020
Language
eng
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