5/9/2023 0 Comments The first bad man novel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual obsession and fierce maternal love, Miranda July's first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The novel is a decidedly Los Angeles story, with Cheryl’s forays in color therapy, crystals, reincarnation, and karmic relationship to certain babies she calls Kubelko Bondy. THE STORY: Nerdy, introverted, and delusional Cheryl Glickman, the 43-year-old manager of a nonprofit self-defense studio for women in Los Angeles, is tired of being alone but cant seem to catch a break. And yet it is Clee-the selfish, cruel blond bombshell-who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime. The description has a Southern Gothic quality while describing a modern, slightly whimsical, west coast sort of story. When Cheryl's bosses ask if their twenty-one-year-old daughter, Clee, can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl's eccentrically ordered world explodes. Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon and Far From the Tree. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense nonprofit where she works. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Summary: "Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. ![]()
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