Wellness
a thought-provoking story of a modern marriage, from the bestselling author of The Nix
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- €6.99
Publisher Description
'The best book I've read all year' - Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie
'An immersive, multi-layered portrait of a marriage . . . a work of quiet genius' – The Observer
An Oprah's Book Club Pick, from the acclaimed author of The Nix.
Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria, Wellness is a thought-provoking exploration of modern love and our tech-obsessed health culture.
When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the 90s, the two quickly join forces, each eager to claim a place in Chicago’s thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit.
Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.
Nathan Hill's Wellness mines the absurdities of modern technology and love to reveal profound, startling truths about intimacy and connection, reimagining the love story with healthy doses of insight, irony and heart.
'The incredible scope of this dazzlingly detailed state-of-the-nation satire almost defies description . . . Brilliant doesn’t begin to describe it, but I’ll say it anyway' – Daily Mail
'I doubt I'll enjoy many books this year as much as Wellness' – The Times
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A couple sinking into middle age wonder where the magic went in Nathan Hill’s witty novel about modern life and love. Jack and Elizabeth were college students in the ’90s when they met and fell in love against the backdrop of Chicago’s hip underground music and art scene. Twenty years later, the married couple are contemplating separate bedrooms in a condo they can barely afford and contending with an eight-year-old son with chronic tantrums. As his well-meaning protagonists struggle with the everyday frustrations of suburban life, Hill repeatedly flashes back to examine how their earlier experiences—and even their family histories—make their current problems seem inevitable. As laugh-out-loud funny as Hill’s debut novel, The Nix, Wellness is a wonderfully sharp satire of contemporary life—and a surprisingly emotional read about how love can morph into something else.
