ReviewsPraise for All Fours : "An irreverent and brilliantly touching story of a woman's quest for freedom." --Oprah Daily, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024" "[July] altered my ideas of what kinds of stories were possible--something Sally Rooney and I have in common. In her second novel, July brings her singular brand of sardonic melancholia and wide-eyed wisdom to bear on this tale of a semi-famous middle-aged artist who decides to take a left turn from the left turn she had already planned."-- Electric Literature "A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers."-- George Saunders, Booker-Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Profound and bawdy and deeply human, a brilliant work of art from a completely blown open and fearless mind."-- Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest "A frank and delirious ode to love in all its forms... just as brilliantly funny and strangely touching as you might expect." -- Vogue "An irreverent, erotic novel about a semi-famous, middle-aged artist who upends her life. (Is there any better genre?)" --Nylon, "Books We're Excited About in 2024" "A great book about art, fame and reinvention." -- The Guardian, "Fiction to Look Out for in 2024" "This is a gut-punch of a novel, a must-read for every woman nearing or over forty, confronting the malaise of midlife, fertility, marriage, and menopause, packaged in July's delirious style." --LitHub, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024", Praise for All Fours : "I found myself reading All Fours in solitude, because as I read I'd started making sounds that were recognizably laughter but were also expulsions of heartbreak and what I'll call a cleansing sorrow. If the United States had the good sense to name national treasures, I'd nominate Miranda July." -- Michael Cunningham, author of Day "A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers."-- George Saunders, Booker-Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Profound and bawdy and deeply human, a brilliant work of art from a completely blown-open and fearless mind." -- Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest "Characteristically witty, startlingly intimate. . .This tender, strange treatise on getting out from the 'prefab structures' of a conventional life is quintessentially July." -- Kirkus "A brilliant, sexy, funny, ludicrously entertaining primal scream of a coming-of-middle-age story... Beyond-dazzling, eyes-wide-open fiction."-- Booklist, STARRED review "Hilarious, sexy, and wonderfully weird... a revelation."-- Publishers Weekly, STARRED review "A frank and delirious ode to love in all its forms... just as brilliantly funny and strangely touching as you might expect." -- Vogue "An irreverent and brilliantly touching story of a woman's quest for freedom." -- Oprah Daily "[July] altered my ideas of what kinds of stories were possible--something Sally Rooney and I have in common. In her second novel, July brings her singular brand of sardonic melancholia and wide-eyed wisdom to bear on this tale of a semi-famous middle-aged artist who decides to take a left turn from the left turn she had already planned." -- Electric Literature "This is a gut-punch of a novel, a must-read for every woman nearing or over forty, confronting the malaise of midlife, fertility, marriage, and menopause, packaged in July's delirious style."-- LitHub, Praise for All Fours : "Hilarious, sexy, and wonderfully weird... a revelation."-- Publishers Weekly, STARRED review "Characteristically witty, startlingly intimate. . .This tender, strange treatise on getting out from the 'prefab structures' of a conventional life is quintessentially July." --Kirkus "I found myself reading All Fours in solitude, because as I read I'd started making sounds that were recognizably laughter but were also expulsions of heartbreak and what I'll call a cleansing sorrow. If the United States had the good sense to name national treasures, I'd nominate Miranda July." --Michael Cunningham, author of Day "An irreverent and brilliantly touching story of a woman's quest for freedom." --Oprah Daily "[July] altered my ideas of what kinds of stories were possible--something Sally Rooney and I have in common. In her second novel, July brings her singular brand of sardonic melancholia and wide-eyed wisdom to bear on this tale of a semi-famous middle-aged artist who decides to take a left turn from the left turn she had already planned."-- Electric Literature "A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers."-- George Saunders, Booker-Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Profound and bawdy and deeply human, a brilliant work of art from a completely blown-open and fearless mind."-- Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest "A frank and delirious ode to love in all its forms... just as brilliantly funny and strangely touching as you might expect." -- Vogue "An irreverent, erotic novel about a semi-famous, middle-aged artist who upends her life. (Is there any better genre?)" --Nylon "A great book about art, fame and reinvention." -- The Guardian "This is a gut-punch of a novel, a must-read for every woman nearing or over forty, confronting the malaise of midlife, fertility, marriage, and menopause, packaged in July's delirious style." --LitHub, Praise for All Fours : "An irreverent and brilliantly touching story of a woman's quest for freedom." --Oprah Daily, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024" "A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers."-- George Saunders, Booker-Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Profound and bawdy and deeply human, a brilliant work of art from a completely blown open and fearless mind."-- Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest "A frank and delirious ode to love in all its forms... just as brilliantly funny and strangely touching as you might expect." -- Vogue "An irreverent, erotic novel about a semi-famous, middle-aged artist who upends her life. (Is there any better genre?)" --Nylon, "Books We're Excited About in 2024" "A great book about art, fame and reinvention." -- The Guardian, "Fiction to Look Out for in 2024" "This is a gut-punch of a novel, a must-read for every woman nearing or over forty, confronting the malaise of midlife, fertility, marriage, and menopause, packaged in July's delirious style." --LitHub, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024", Praise for All Fours : "I found myself reading All Fours in solitude, because as I read I'd started making sounds that were recognizably laughter but were also expulsions of heartbreak and what I'll call a cleansing sorrow. If the United States had the good sense to name National Treasures, I'd nominate Miranda July." --Michael Cunningham, author of Day "An irreverent and brilliantly touching story of a woman's quest for freedom." --Oprah Daily, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024" "[July] altered my ideas of what kinds of stories were possible--something Sally Rooney and I have in common. In her second novel, July brings her singular brand of sardonic melancholia and wide-eyed wisdom to bear on this tale of a semi-famous middle-aged artist who decides to take a left turn from the left turn she had already planned."-- Electric Literature "A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers."-- George Saunders, Booker-Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Profound and bawdy and deeply human, a brilliant work of art from a completely blown open and fearless mind."-- Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest "A frank and delirious ode to love in all its forms... just as brilliantly funny and strangely touching as you might expect." -- Vogue "An irreverent, erotic novel about a semi-famous, middle-aged artist who upends her life. (Is there any better genre?)" --Nylon, "Books We're Excited About in 2024" "A great book about art, fame and reinvention." -- The Guardian, "Fiction to Look Out for in 2024" "This is a gut-punch of a novel, a must-read for every woman nearing or over forty, confronting the malaise of midlife, fertility, marriage, and menopause, packaged in July's delirious style." --LitHub, "Most Anticipated Books of 2024"
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SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 10 FICTION BOOKS OF 2024 ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE NEW YORKER VOGUE FINANCIAL TIMES OPRAH DAILY VULTURE VOX The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life "A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect . . . nothing short of riveting ." --Vogue " All Fours has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom. . . . It's the talk of every group text." --The New York Times " All Fours possessed me. I picked it up and neglected my life until the last page, and then I started begging every woman I know to read it as soon as possible." -- The Cut A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey. Miranda July's second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July's wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman's quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive., A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 10 FICTION BOOKS OF 2024 ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE NEW YORKER VOGUE FINANCIAL TIMES OPRAH DAILY VULTURE VOX The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life "A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect . . . nothing short of riveting." --Vogue " All Fours has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom. . . . It's the talk of every group text." --The New York Times " All Fours possessed me. I picked it up and neglected my life until the last page, and then I started begging every woman I know to read it as soon as possible." -- The Cut A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey. Miranda July's second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July's wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman's quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.