Women and Children First A Novel

Alina Grabowski

eBook - 2024

"How often do you finish a novel, only to find yourself flipping back to the first page and thinking, I really ought to start that all over again? . . . Set in a struggling New England town, the novel unfolds through interlocking stories—something like Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge or Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad . . . a rich and textured book, with shades not only of those female authors, but also Mary Gaitskill or Lorrie Moore, through its investigation into female agency, power, and vulnerability." —Vogue.com A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Debutiful, Oprah Daily, and Vogue A Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2024 by the New York TimesA gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives... of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small Massachusetts town.Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can... more