Wellness
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£16.99
<p><b>American storytelling at its era-spanning best . . . An immersive, multi-layered portrait of a marriage, Nathan Hill’s follow-up to <i>The Nix</i> is a work of quiet genius. – <i>The Observer</i></b><br><br><b>The incredible scope of this dazzlingly detailed state-of-the-nation satire almost defies description . . . Brilliant doesn’t begin to describe it, but I’ll say it anyway. – <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br>I doubt Ill enjoy many books this year as much as <i>Wellness</i>. – <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>An Oprahs Book Club Pick.<br><br>A powerfully affecting novel about how we change, grow and age, <i>Wellness </i>is a story of marriage, middle age, our tech-obsessed health culture, and the bonds that keep people together.</b><br><br>When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the 90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicago’s thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.<br><br>Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria, <i>Wellness </i>mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound, startling truths about intimacy and connection. In this follow-up to Nathan Hill’s electric debut <i>The Nix</i>, <i>Wellness </i>reimagines the love story with healthy doses of insight, irony and heart.</p>