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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST VOGUE ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY NPR ESQUIRE AND KIRKUS
Theres some kind of genius sorcery in this novel Its startlingly original hilarious and harrowing by turns finally transcendent Watkins writes like an avenging angel Its thrilling and terrifying to stand in her wake Jenny Offill author of Dept of Speculation and Weather
A darkly funny soulrending novel of love in an epoch of collapseone womans furious revisiting of family marriage work sex and motherhood
Since my baby was born I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things a As much as I ever did b Not quite as much now c Not so much now d Not at all Leaving behind her husband and their baby daughter a writer gets on a flight for a speaking engagement in Reno not carrying much besides a breast pump and a spiraling case of postpartum depression Her temporary escape from domestic duties and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends mutates into an extended romp away from the confines of marriage and motherhood and a seemingly bottomless descent into the past Deep in the Mojave Desert where she grew up she meets her ghosts at every turn the first love whose selfdestruction still haunts her her father a member of the most famous cult in American history her mother whose native spark gutters with every passing year She cant go back in time to make any of it right but what exactly is her way forward Alone in the wilderness at last she begins to make herself at home in the world
Bold tender and often hilarious I Love You but Ive Chosen Darkness reaffirms Watkins as one of the signal writers of our time
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