Fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine will be drawn to this tale of a woman whose search for a healing refuge leads instead to entanglements, discovery of untapped talent, and a found family that steers her back from the brink of madness.
All Isabelle Marsden wants when she moves from Chicago to Kansas is a place to retreat, reassess, and regain control of her life after an ugly #MeToo experience. But after a chance encounter with a free-spirited artist who carries a wallaby in a baby sling and makes assemblages from roadkill, she’s drawn into a community of eccentrics who soon have her lobbying to rescue their Summer Solstice parade, conducting surveillance at a roadside zoo, and visiting an outsider artist’s strange, yet intriguing, sculpture garden.
Inspired by that wild creation, Belle starts her own peculiar assemblage, convinced it’s the key to repairing her fractured life. As she uncovers her hidden creativity—and madness—her project lands her in trouble with her landlady, the city zoning department, and even the police. Ultimately, her only way through is to rely on help from her found family of oddball characters—and on her newly redefined self.
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Publisher
She Writes PresseBook ISBN
9798896360971
Year
2026Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Cast of Characters
- 1. – The Artiste
- 2. – The Puzzler
- 3. – The Madman
- 4. – The Tenor
- 5. – The Nebraskan
- 6. – The Soulstice Gang
- 7. – The Atrocity
- 8. – The Voice
- 9. – The Zookeeper
- 10. – The Babies
- 11. – The Informant
- 12. – The Parade
- 13. – The Ultimatum
- 14. – The Initiation
- 15. – The Defender
- 16. – The Fox Liberation Front
- 17. – The Celebration
- 18. – Balance
- 19. – The Intercession
- 20. – The Messages
- 21. – The Effigy
- 22. – The Interment
- 23. – The Suspect
- 24. – The Muse
- 25. – The Painter
- 26. – The Conspirators
- 27. – The Organizer
- 28. – The Benefactor
- 29. – The Gala
- Credits
- Book Club Discussion Questions
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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