All Fours

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

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 THE _SUNDAY TIMES_ AND _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A BBC TWO _BETWEEN THE COVERS_ PICK A BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR _THE TIMES_, _DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES_ AND _GUARDIAN_ A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE _OBSERVER_, THE _GUARDIAN_, THE _NEW YORK TIMES_, THE _NEW YORKER_, _GQ_, _GRAZIA_, _HERO_, _i-D_, _NYLON_, _VULTURE, READINGS_ AND _KIRKUS REVIEWS_ 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.