The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life
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A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Author | Miranda July |
| Country | Scotland |
| Publication Date | 28/10/2026 |
| Pages | 365 |
| Edition | first |
| Size | 14.53 x 2.34 x 21.67 cm |
| About the Author | Miranda July is a writer, filmmaker and artist. Her debut novel, The First Bad Man, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and her collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, Harper’s and the New Yorker. July lives in Los Angeles. |
| Publisher Address | info@canongate.co.uk |
| ISBN | ISBN-13 : 978-1982120258 |
