SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKA BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR THE TIMES, THE DAILY MAIL, THE FT AND THE GUARDIANA 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE OBSERVER, THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW Y...

**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, WASHINGTON POST, TIME MAGAZINE, VOGUE, NPR, FINANCIAL TIMES, OPRAH DAILY, VULTURE, AND VOXThe irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life“Funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect ....

Hey, fellow reader—ah, thank God you saw this.I could use a reader friend to talk to.We've all been rushing from plot to plot. So let's take a cozy little pause for a few pages from the rush of plots, twists, and emotional roller coasters. Nothing is asking you to solve anything. Just settle in with me. let your own thoughts wander. Read, relate, laugh with me, disagree with me, recognize yourself in me—or simply and enjoy the feeling of being understood.

Winner of the 2007 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award'Blisteringly good' GuardianIn her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives, Miranda July reveals how a single moment can change everything. Whether writing about a middle-aged woman's obsession with Prince William or an aging bachelor who has never been in love, the result is startling, tender and sexy by turns. One of the most accla...

To prove myself, I hid my father's identity when I went to Norfolk. He was a four-star general at the Pentagon. I met Rear Admiral Lachlan Whitaker, the base's deputy commander—my boyfriend, my boss, my world, for five years.He never once took me to his family's home in Richmond. I thought he wasn't ready. The truth was worse: his family, big names in Southern military and political circles, would never see me as good enough.On the night he failed to come home for the ninet...

My family never remembered my birthday. Ethan got a private steakhouse dinner for his; Chloe got a Six Flags trip and an Instagram carousel captioned "our little princess." Mine falls on July nineteenth, mid-summer vacation, and always passed without notice.I thought turning eighteen would be different. Instead, Mom left to take Chloe to dance, Dad and Ethan left to play ball, and I spent the day alone. I texted the family group chat: "I'm eighteen today!" No one replied.Th...

Talker is an interview zine about performance by Giles Bailey.Issue #11 is a conversation with Miranda July.Miranda is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. This conversation explores her live work, from early plays and performances for theatres to projects that are built on audience participation and take the form of apps, public talks or an interfaith charity shop in Selfridges department store. Alongside these, we discuss the significance of ...

In the summer of 2009, Miranda July was struggling to finish writing the screenplay for her much-anticipated second film. During her increasingly long lunch breaks, she began to obsessively read the PennySaver, the iconic classifieds booklet that reached everywhere and seemed to come from nowhere. Who was the person selling the "Large leather Jacket, $10"? It seemed important to find out—or at least it was a great distraction from the screenplay.Accompanied by photographer ...

Do you wonder why are prone to colds and flus, when you are a generally clean and health-conscious individual?Are you tired of chronically experiencing headaches, joint pain, and muscle pain, especially when that keeps you from doing your exercise routines?Are you done with having trouble sleeping and feeling tired most of the time, when you could be enjoying your life to the fullest?Eating the wrong foods – foods that form acids inside your body – ...

What is an inflammation? The word inflammation refers to a swelling in a localized part of the body. The area that is inflamed is usually hot, reddened, and also painful. It can occur in any part of the body where there is an infection or injury.According to another study, it is possible to develop breast cancer with a high sucrose diet. Sucrose is another form of sugar. It is also suggested that eating sugary foods can prevent or block the anti-inflammatory effects of omega-3 fatt...

Why are men so afraid of showing their feelings? What scares men about commitment? Blackboard bestselling author William July II tackles these age-old questions, revealing secrets that every woman wants to know about her man, and every man needs to know about himself. He explains how boys are conditioned to become emotionally closed off, leaving them incapable of sharing their feelings or participating fully in relationships--they are like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz....