The Need

Helen Phillips

Language: English

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: Jul 9, 2019

Description:

*MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER 2019 READING*
* ELLE * BUSTLE * THRILLIST *

"A profound meditation on the nature of reality...An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers." —EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, AUTHOR OF STATION ELEVEN

"Phillips is, as always, doing something at once wildly her own and utterly primal. Maybe it doesn't surprise me that the strangest book I've read about motherhood is also the best, but it does thrill me." —REBECCA MAKKAI, AUTHOR OF THE GREAT BELIEVERS

"Spellbinding...both unsettling and irresistible. Phillips manifests the surreal, terrifying, and visceral experience of motherhood." —DANA SPIOTTA, AUTHOR OF INNOCENTS AND OTHERS

"An existential page-turner that captures, with perfect sharpness, the fierce delirium of motherhood, the longing to understand...