All Fours
By (author) July, Miranda
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By (author) July, Miranda
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The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life
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It''s very funny, quite dirty, and deeply profound, with a fragile magic that comes from entering an uncensored inner world. There is the added thrill as well, of July suggesting that midlife, and menopause in particular, might be kind of . . . hot
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Rage, grief, lust, sadness, selfishness; this stunning book and July''s nameless heroine have it all. I cannot wait to read it all over again
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A life-changer for me. I thought I was reading about middle age, then I thought I was reading about menopause, then motherhood, then sexuality, then monogamy, then marriage. And by the final page I realised I was reading about existence and death and I couldn''t stop crying. Plus it''s so funny and it''s so horny. My favourite novel of this year
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A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers. Funny, honest, rich with the energy of the mind, All Fours will jump-start your relation to language and cause you to think anew about the nature of desire
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Transcendent . . . A book that emboldens you. To read it, is to feel gloriously, unashamedly alive
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One of the freshest, funniest, most urgent voices I''ve read in a long time . . . Authentic and willingly honest. I couldn''t put the book down. What a delight
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Wild and outrageous, provocative and entirely unpredictable
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Essential . . . A book of vast scope, taking in men and women, the mind and the body, and society and solitude
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July doesn''t just tap into the zeitgeist; she helps shape it. Her prose is startlingly original yet immediately familiar, like meeting a stranger who reminds you of yourself. How did she create something so original and yet so relatable? . . . Unflinching and insistent - a defiance against erasure
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July comes into her own [and] brings a new perspective . . . A menopause novel that''s never boring
Biographical note:
Short description/annotation:
The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life
Description:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK
A BEST SUMMER READING PICK FOR THE TIMES, THE DAILY MAIL, THE FT AND THE GUARDIAN
A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR BBC R4 OPEN BOOK, THE OBSERVER, THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, GQ, GRAZIA, HERO, i-D, NYLON, VULTURE, READINGS
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST FICTIONAL VOICES OF 2024 PICK
A semi-famous artist turns forty-five and gives herself a gift - a cross-country road trip from LA to New York, without her husband and child. But thirty minutes after setting off, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel - and embarks on the journey of a lifetime.
Review quote:
It''s very funny, quite dirty, and deeply profound, with a fragile magic that comes from entering an uncensored inner world. There is the added thrill as well, of July suggesting that midlife, and menopause in particular, might be kind of . . . hot
Review quote:
Rage, grief, lust, sadness, selfishness; this stunning book and July''s nameless heroine have it all. I cannot wait to read it all over again
Review quote:
A life-changer for me. I thought I was reading about middle age, then I thought I was reading about menopause, then motherhood, then sexuality, then monogamy, then marriage. And by the final page I realised I was reading about existence and death and I couldn''t stop crying. Plus it''s so funny and it''s so horny. My favourite novel of this year
Review quote:
A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers. Funny, honest, rich with the energy of the mind, All Fours will jump-start your relation to language and cause you to think anew about the nature of desire
Review quote:
Transcendent . . . A book that emboldens you. To read it, is to feel gloriously, unashamedly alive
Review quote:
One of the freshest, funniest, most urgent voices I''ve read in a long time . . . Authentic and willingly honest. I couldn''t put the book down. What a delight
Review quote:
Wild and outrageous, provocative and entirely unpredictable
Review quote:
Essential . . . A book of vast scope, taking in men and women, the mind and the body, and society and solitude
Review quote:
July doesn''t just tap into the zeitgeist; she helps shape it. Her prose is startlingly original yet immediately familiar, like meeting a stranger who reminds you of yourself. How did she create something so original and yet so relatable? . . . Unflinching and insistent - a defiance against erasure
Review quote:
July comes into her own [and] brings a new perspective . . . A menopause novel that''s never boring
Biographical note:
Miranda July is a writer, filmmaker and artist. Her debut novel, The First Bad Man, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and her collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O''Connor International Short Story Award. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, Harper''s and the New Yorker. July lives in Los Angeles.
@mirandajuly | mirandajuly.com
