Resurrection of Joan Ashby

Longlisted for 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Kirkus ReviewsÆs Best Fiction of 2017 Kirkus ReviewsÆs Best Debut Novels of 2017 BooklistÆs Top 10 First Novels: 2017 The New York Times Book ReviewÆs EditorsÆ Choice Indie Next Pick for September 2017 Kirkus ReviewsÆs 13 Fiction Debuts & Breakthroughs That Live Up to the Hype BustleÆs 9 Fall Book Debuts By Women YouÆre Going To Want To Read Immediately Nantucket MagazineÆs 7 for September 2017 Kirkus ReviewsÆs 9 Excellent Reads for Labor Day Weekend Entertainment WeeklyÆs Thirteen Books to Read in August San Diego MagazineÆs Your Book Shelf: 5 Books to Read in August ô[A] stunning debut...reminds me of my most favorite authors: J.D. Salinger, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, Joan Didion.ö ùA.M. Homes I viewed the consumptive nature of love as a threat to serious women. But the wonderful man I just married believes as I doùwork is paramount, absolutely no childrenùand now love seems to me quite marvelous. These words are spoken to a rapturous audience by Joan Ashby, a brilliant and intense literary sensation acclaimed for her explosively dark and singular stories. When Joan finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, she is stunned by MartinÆs delight, his instant betrayal of their pact. She makes a fateful, selfless decision then, to embrace her unintentional family. Challenged by raising two precocious sons, it is decades before she finally completes her masterpiece novel. Poised to reclaim the spotlight, to resume the intended life she gave up for love, a betrayal of Shakespearean proportion forces her to question every choice she has made. Epic, propulsive, incredibly ambitious, and dazzlingly written, The Resurrection of Joan Ashby is a story about sacrifice and motherhood, the burdens of expectation and genius. Cherise WolasÆs gorgeous debut introduces an indelible heroine candid about her struggles and unapologetic in her ambition.

• | Author: Cherise Wolas
• | Publisher: Flatiron Books
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 559 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 125018519X
• | ISBN-13: 9781250185198