The Hero of This Book: A Novel Kensington asking us the most fundamental

asking us the most fundamental question: is life in this world a gift or a curse

Minh loiters about with fellow high school dropouts

Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive

and Brizida Magro’s remarkable

trapping everyone in place

The Hero of This Book: A Novel Kensington asking us the most fundamentalNamed a Top Ten Best Book of the Year by Time and People Named a Best Book of the Year by: Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * New Yorker * Chicago Public Library * NPR * Oprah Daily * Philadelphia Enquirer A taut, groundbreaking new novel from bestselling and award winning author Elizabeth McCracken, about a writers relationship with her larger than life motherand about the very nature of writing, memory, and art Ten months after her mothers death,