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Familiar Paperback - 2012

by J. Robert Lennon

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A haunting, enigmatic novel about a woman who is given a second chance--and isn't sure whether she really wants it. Lennon continues his profound and exhilarating exploration of the surreal undercurrents of contemporary American life.

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A haunting, enigmatic novel about a woman who is given a second chance--and isn't sure whether she really wants it
* A Publishers Weekly "Indie Sleeper" * A Powell's Indiespensable Pick * The Nervous Breakdown's October Book Club Pick *

Elisa Brown is driving back from her annual, somber visit to her son Silas's grave when something changes. Actually, everything changes: her body is more voluptuous; she's wearing different clothes and driving a new car. When she arrives home, her life is familiar--but different. There is her house, her husband. But in the world she now inhabits, Silas is no longer dead, and his brother is disturbingly changed. Elisa has a new job, and her marriage seems sturdier, and stranger, than she remembers. She finds herself faking her way through a life she is convinced is not her own. Has she had a psychotic break? Or has she entered a parallel universe? Elisa believed that Silas was doomed from the start, but now that he is alive, what can she do to repair her strained relations with her children? She soon discovers that these questions hinge on being able to see herself as she really is--something that might be impossible for Elisa, or for anyone. In Familiar, J. Robert Lennon continues his profound and exhilarating exploration of the surreal undercurrents of contemporary American life.

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  • Title Familiar
  • Author J. Robert Lennon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN
  • Publication date 2012-10
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781555976255 / 1555976255
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.32 x 5.55 x 0.74 in (21.13 x 14.10 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Mental health
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012936386
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2012, Page 25
  • Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide, 05/15/2012, Page 19
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2012, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/01/2012, Page 92
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/09/2012, Page 24
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/06/2012, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 10/16/2012, Page 0

About the author

J. Robert Lennon is the author of seven novels, including Castle and Mailman, and a story collection, Pieces for the Left Hand. His fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Harper's Magazine, Playboy, and The New Yorker. He lives in Ithaca, New York, where he teaches writing at Cornell University.

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