The Wonder Garden

An Indie Next Pick An Amazon Debut Spotlight A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection "Like Wharton, Acampora seems to understand fiction as a kind of elegant design. As characters reappear in one story after another, Acampora reveals herself as a careful architect... lovely prose... often a single sentence twists sinuously, charged with positive and negative electricity.ö--New York Times Book Review Launched by four starred prepubs and a full pageNew York Times book review,The Wonder Garden marks Lauren AcamporaÆs rarely seen, sensational entrance into the literary world. With enchanting realism, these linked stories bring to the page the myriad lives of a suburban town, and reveal at each turn the unseen battles we play out behind drawn blinds, the creeping truths from which we distract ourselves, and the massive dreams we haul quietly with us and hold close. Deliciously creepy and masterfully complexThe Wonder Garden heralds the arrival of a phenomenal new talent in American fiction. "AcamporaÆs stories show that anAnna Karenina principle still applies: All happy families are the same; the unhappy ones are miserable in their own special way. Or to boil it down to modern terms: moÆ money, moÆ problems ... Add well-drawn characters, interesting plots, cultural zingers and dead-on critiques of consumerism and Acampora delivers a page-turner.ö--Dallas Morning News "A smashing debut, with range, subtlety and bite. Reading Acampora, weÆre in Cheever country, with hints of Flannery OÆConnor.ö--Jane Ciabattari, BBC.com "In 13 sharply drawn linked stories, Acampora reveals the complexities beneath the polish and privilege of a prosperous Connecticut town.ö--People

Author: Lauren Acampora

Publisher: Grove Press

Publication Date: Feb 09, 2016

Number of Pages: 368 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 080212481X

ISBN-13: 9780802124814