Broken People Broken People

Broken People

A Novel

    • 3.9 • 54 Ratings
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Publisher Description

"Sam Lansky has such a wondrous way with words."—Taylor Swift 

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parade, Library Journal, Harper’s Bazaar and more

“Profound and affecting.”—Chloe Benjamin

A groundbreaking, incandescent debut novel about coming to grips with the past and ourselves, for fans of Sally Rooney, Hanya Yanagihara and Garth Greenwell

“He fixes everything that’s wrong with you in three days.”

This is what hooks Sam when he first overhears it at a fancy dinner party in the Hollywood hills: the story of a globe-trotting shaman who claims to perform “open-soul surgery” on emotionally damaged people. For neurotic, depressed Sam, new to Los Angeles after his life in New York imploded, the possibility of total transformation is utterly tantalizing. He’s desperate for something to believe in, and the shaman—who promises ancient rituals, plant medicine and encounters with the divine—seems convincing, enough for Sam to sign up for a weekend under his care.

But are the great spirits the shaman says he’s summoning real at all? Or are the ghosts in Sam’s memory more powerful than any magic?

At turns tender and acid, funny and wise, Broken People is a journey into the nature of truth and fiction—a story of discovering hope amid cynicism, intimacy within chaos and peace in our own skin.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2020
June 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Hanover Square Press
SELLER
Harlequin Digital Sales Corporation
SIZE
948.5
KB

Customer Reviews

Tooley426 ,

Unclear and heavy at times, but helpful

I didn’t find myself that invested in Sam. He wasn’t a likable character, and I wasn’t invested in him enough to care if he succeeded or failed. He isn’t easy to cheer for, but I guess it’s the point. A good, useful message for identifying that toxic narrative inside of all of us. I enjoyed it.

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