From Jennifer duBois, one of a handful of living American novelists who can comprehend both the long arc of history and the minute details that animate it (Karan Mahajan) and a writer of thrilling psychological precision (Justin Torres), comes a gripping new novel.In 2001, a few months after the death of her husband, Angela is devastated when she is ejected from her graduate program in linguistics at Harvard University. Soon after, she suffers a miscarriage. Spinning and raw, and with suppressed unresolved trauma, the young widow and her fouryearold child move into her mothers house.Trained with an understanding of spoken language as the essential foundation of thought, Angela finds underpaid work at the Center, a fledgling organization utilizing an experimental therapy aimed at helping nonspeaking patients with motor impairments. Through the Center, Angela begins to work closely with Sam, a twentyeightyearold patient who has been confined to his bedroom for most of his life. Sam quickly takes to the technologyand so does Angela. Her once deeply philosophical interest in language comes vividly to life through her interactions with Sam. Angela becomes intensely drawn to him, and their relationship soon turns intimate.When Sams family discovers their relationship, they intervene and bring charges. As Angela tells her story from prison in the form of an unrepentant plea, we are plunged into the inner workings of her mind as she rejects all else in pursuit of a more profound...

Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: Milkweed Editions; Classification: FA; Weight: 548 g; Dimensions: 148 x 223 x 23

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