News: Luna, Phoenix, Queen

Luna, Phoenix, Queen brilliantly emphasizes the agony of isolation in its various forms, and the relief that can only come in telling a story for oneself.

[A] heart-seizing, insightful, complexly provocative, and profoundly intentional novel of loneliness and longing, betrayal and rescue, creativity and love.

Heart-stoppingly good. . . . Orringer constructs a soulful novel that works variations on themes of love, loss, and legacy.

Orringer plumbs the depths of Alzheimer’s, betrayal, and plagiarism in her exquisite latest. . . . She offers fascinating insights into the motivations behind and consequences of literary appropriation. This is superb.