Wayward

A moving, funny, engrossing novel about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning, from the renowned author of Stone Arabia and Eat the Document. On the heels of the election of 2016, Samantha Raymond's life begins to change. Her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and at 52, she finds herself contemplating motherhood, mortality, and the state of our nation. When she falls in love with a decrepit house in Syracuse, she buys it on a whim and leaves her suburban life behind. Dana Spiotta's Wayward explores aging, the female body, and female complexity in contemporary America. It is a provocative and sensual novel about resilience, reform, and the beauty found in ruins.