Wayward

Furious and addictiveNew York Times
Urgent, deeply moving, wholly original GEORGE SAUNDERS
A dazzling lightning bolt of a novel JENNY OFFILL
Fiercely funny and deliciously subversive YIYUN LI

Wayward reads like a burning fever dream. A virtuosic, singular and very funny portrait of a woman seeking sanity and purpose in a world gone madNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

***** If theres any justice in the world, Spiottas firecracker of a novel, Wayward, will bring her the attention she very much deserves Lucy Scholes, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Samantha Raymonds life has begun to come apart: her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and she finds herself staring into the Mids - hours of supreme wakefulness when women of a certain age contemplate their lives. For Sam, this means motherhood, mortality and the state of an unravelling nation.
When Sam falls in love with a decrepit Arts and Crafts house on the wrong side of town, she buys it on a whim and flees her suburban life, attempting to find beauty in the ruins.

One of the most wildly talented writers in America. This is Spiottas best book yet GEORGE SAUNDERS
A slyly funny, clever and compelling story about the righteous (and rarely irrational) rage of women of a certain age SARRA MANNING, RED magazine
A piercing novel about what we lose and gain by when we step out of lifes deepest worn groovesVOGUE
She writes with sly humour and utter seriousness; a rare articulation of midlife now CLAIRE MESSUD
What begins as a vertiginous leap into hilarious rabbit holes ends as a brilliant meditation on mortality and time. How does she do it? Only Dana Spiotta knows. Im just happy to see her work her magic JENNY OFFILL