Award-winning narrative: Recognized with the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award and shortlisted for the 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize, ensuring literary distinction
First-person perspective: Offers a deeply personal and immersive account of loss and transformation
Complex, artful storytelling: Delivers a layered exploration of identity, motherhood, and the human experience
Genre-blending themes: Blends contemporary fiction with elements of mythology and existential inquiry
Vibrant, poetic prose: Engages readers with vivid imagery and emotional resonance
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** SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2023** ** WINNER OF THE 2022 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION**
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vulture, The Times Literary Supplement, and more
What if this world is just a first draft, made by some great artist in order to be destroyed?
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