LAUREN FOX is the author of the novels Still Life with
Husband and Friends Like Us. She earned her MFA from the University
of Minnesota, and her work has appeared in numerous publications
including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Parenting, Psychology
Today, The Rumpus, and Salon. She lives in Milwaukee with her
husband and two daughters.
www.laurenfoxwriter.com
“Funny, mordant, and heartbreaking, Days of Awe is a marvel.”
—Christina Baker Kline, bestselling author of Orphan Train
“Darkly hilarious. . . . There are veins of Anne Lamott
running through these pages, a sweet blend of sentimentality and
wit.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
“As Fox deconstructs the myth of perfect womanhood, her humor
and humanity remind us that love’s the only lifeboat through
grief.” —People, “Book of the Week”
“Fox paints touching portraits of the bonds between mothers and
daughters. . . . Careful and nuanced.” —Patricia Park, The New
York Times Book Review
“[Has] the same sly humor and snappy dialogue that has made Fox one
of my favorite novelists to recommend.” —Meganne Fabrega, The
Minneapolis Star Tribune
“The fearlessness with which Fox frees her women to behave badly
heightens both the credibility and the pleasure of her
fiction.” —The Boston Globe
“No contemporary novelist makes me stop as often to mark or admire
one of her sentences. . . . Were Days of Awe the pilot script for a
TV series, elderly actresses would throw elbows to audition for
Helene. . . . Poignant.” —Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
“Days of Awe is clever, funny, and emotional, the kind of book
another writer reads jealously, wishing to have written it. Honest
and accurate about female friendship, this is my favorite Lauren
Fox book yet.” —Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Girls in
White Dresses and The Smart One
“What makes the book so special is Isabel’s smart, acerbic voice
and her way of seeing everything from a sharp angle. . . . . Isabel
(and Fox) has such an offbeat way of looking at things that you’ll
eagerly keep reading just to see what she's going to say next. Read
it for the magnetic voice and Fox’s ever interesting perspective on
work, love, friendship, and parenthood.” —Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
“[Fox’s] characters are undeniably human. Isabel is messy and
imperfect, frustrating yet likable.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Beautiful, heartfelt.” —Bookreporter
“Raw and darkly humorous . . . Fox’s novel is a
winner.” —Publishers Weekly
“An insightful novel . . . that explores how grief can make every
arena of life feel suddenly disorienting. . . . Frank,
thought-provoking. . . . Fox once again explores, with a smart and
refreshing perspective, the underside of friendships, marriage,
love and loss—and the range of emotions that can plague and
liberate the human heart.” —Shelf Awareness
“Fox delivers a story about all the things that keep us awake at
night: marriage, parenthood, friendship, bereavement, workplace
rivalries, aging parents, cultural identity, starting over. And yet
with all it encompasses, this book never falters once. The pace is
brisk, the suspense high, the heartache intense and the ending so
authentic you’ll want to turn back to page one and start all over,
just so you can experience it again. Kind of like real life.” —The
Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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