Essie J. Chambers

'I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY 'Told with warmth and humor by a memorable, irrepressible heroine.' - Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND What if the price of moving forward is losing the only family you've ever known? Summer, 1987. On the...

Winner of the 2024 BARNES AND NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE | Longlisted for the 2024 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE and the 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION | An ELLE, NPR, and WASHINGTON POST Best Book of 2024 'Brilliant, funny, warm-hearted' Guardian 'I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year' Curtis Sittenfeld,...