Wellness
by Nathan Hill · 2023
Buy on AmazonVeronica, newly orphaned, longs to study ballet but instead must live with unsympathetic relatives in the North of England.
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"This exploration of modern relationships and the search for meaning aligns with Oprah Winfrey's interest in stories that prompt self-reflection and personal growth."
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"Nathan Hill’s brilliant second novel follows Jack and Elizabeth, a couple staring down the advent of their middle age and trying to find deliverance in upgraded living quarters, life hacks and new adventures, all hoping it will make them and their marriage better. This is a perfect novel for our age, filled with a deep awareness of the internet-poisoned, marketing-driven engineered emptiness of modern times, but also with a compassionate optimism about our ability to find and maintain love nonetheless. It’s a monumental achievement: a masterpiece by an author who has, in the space of two novels, become indispensable."
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