taxidermy can, Arnett argues, bring us closer to life. “The writing is subtle and meditative, with the tactile weight of dense fur. “It's darkly funny, both macabre and irreverent, and its narrator is so real that every time I stopped reading the book, I felt a tiny pull at the back of my mind, as if I'd left a good friend in the middle of a conversation.” - NPR a rock-solid family novel, brightened by its eccentric milieu.” - Entertainment Weekly “ Mostly Dead Things is very Florida, very gay, and very good. This book is my song of the summer.” - Parul Sehgal, The New York Times The action flips from the past to the present, swimming through first love and first grief on a slick of red Kool-Aid and vodka, suntan oil and fruity lip gloss, easy and unforced.
She writes comic set pieces to make you laugh, sex scenes to turn you on. There’s none of the shyness and self-consciousness of so much American fiction that masks itself as austerity. “Arnett possesses all the bravery her characters dream of. But will they be enough to salvage this family, to help them find their way back to one another? Kristen Arnett’s breakout bestseller is a darkly funny family portrait a peculiar, bighearted look at love and loss and the ways we live through them together. It’s not until the Mortons reach a tipping point that a string of unexpected incidents begins to open up surprising possibilities and second chances. And Brynn, Milo’s wife―and the only person Jessa’s ever been in love with―walks out without a word. Her mother starts sneaking into the taxidermy shop to make provocative animal art, while her brother, Milo, withdraws. In the wake of her father’s suicide, Jessa has stepped up to manage his failing taxidermy business while the rest of the Morton family crumbles. What does it take to come back to life? For Jessa-Lynn Morton, the question is not an abstract one. SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST PRIZE A Best Book of the Year pick at the New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, TIME, Washington Post,, Thrillist, Shelf Awareness, Good Housekeeping and more.
Mostly Dead Things The celebrated New York Times BestsellerĪ LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST IN FICTION
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