Will There Ever Be Another You: A Novel

Synopsis

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, USA TODAY, VULTURE, ROLLING STONE, W MAGAZINE, AND MORE&“Lockwood has written a roving chronicle of the madness of illness and the frightening porousness of what it means to be yourself in the hilariously profound way that only she could.&” – Vulture&“God, is she funny.&” – The New YorkerFrom the Booker Prize finalist and &“formidably gifted writer&” (The New York Times), a vertiginous novel about a woman&’s descent into illness and insanity.Amid a global pandemic, one young woman is trying to keep the pieces together – of her family, stunned by a devastating loss, and of her mind, left mangled and misfiring from a mystifying disease. She&’s afraid of her own floorboards, and &“WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON&’T HURT ME&” plays over and over in her ears. She hates her friends, or more accurately, she doesn&’t know who they are.Has the illness stolen her old mind and given her a new one? Does it mean she&’ll get to start over from scratch, a chance afforded to very few people? The very weave of herself seems to have loosened: time and memories pass straight through her body. &“I&’m sorry not to respond to your email,&” she writes, &“but I live completely in the presentnow."Will There Ever Be Another You is the brain-shredding, phosphorescent story of one woman&’s dissolution and her attempt to create a new way of thinking, as well as a profound investigation into what keeps us alive in times of unprecedented disorientation and loss, from one of our most original writers.Praise for Will There Ever Be Another You&“Patricia Lockwood… writes with the impish verve and provocative guilelessness of a peeing cupid.&” – The New Yorker&“Completely singular… Patricia Lockwood&’s body of work is like this: a hymn—or ode, depending on the day—to the painful project of being human.&” – The New Republic&“The author&’s fans will find her trademark humor, originality, and depth on full display. This is a knockout.&” – starred Publishers WeeklyPraise for No One Is Talking About This&“A book that reads like a prose poem, at once sublime, profane, intimate, philosophical, witty and, eventually, deeply moving.&” —The New York Times&“Reading Patricia Lockwood raises questions. Questions such as, How can a person understand both herself and the world with such clarity? How does a person experience things so intensely and express them so buoyantly? Am I laughing or am I crying? Lockwood&’s first novel is as crystalline, witty, and brain-shredding as her poetry and criticism.&” —Vulture&“Wow. I can&’t remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book. What an inventive and startling writer…I&’m so glad I read this. I really think this book is remarkable.&” —David Sedaris&“God, is she funny!&” —The New Yorker

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

256 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780593718575

Related ISBNs:

9780593718551, 9798217163526, 9798217164721, 9798217168972

Publisher:

Penguin Publishing Group

Date of Addition:

09/23/25

Copyrighted By:

Patricia Lockwood

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Humor

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.