Days of Awe [Paperback]

Only a year ago Isabel Moore was married, was the object of adoration for her ten-year-old daughter, and thought she knew everything about her best friend, Josie. But in one short year Isabel’s husband moved out; her daughter grew into a moody insomniac; and Josie—impulsive, funny, secretive Josie—was killed behind the wheel in a single-car accident that’s left a mess of unanswered questions in its wake.

Suddenly, the relationships that have always defined Isabel—wife, mother, best friend—are changing before her eyes. As Isabel struggles to understand who she really is, Lauren Fox brings us a daring book that explores marriage, motherhood, and the often surprising shape of new love.“Funny, mordant, and heartbreaking,Days of Aweis a marvel.” —Christina Baker Kline, bestselling author ofOrphan Train

“Darkly hilarious. . . . There are veins of Anne Lamott running through these pages, a sweet blend of sentimentality and wit.” —Ron Charles,The Washington Post
 
 “As Fox deconstructs the myth of perfect womanhood, her humor and humanity remind us that love’s the only lifeboat through grief.” —People,“Book of the Week”
 
“Fox paints touching portraits of the bonds between mothers and daughters. . . . Careful and nuanced.” —Patricia Park,The New York Times Book Review
 
“[Has] the same sly humor and snappy dialogue that has made Fox one of my favorite novelists to recommend.” —Meganne Fabrega,The Minneapolis Star Tribune

“The fearlessness with which Fox frees her women to behave badly heightens both the credibility and the pleasure of her fiction.” —The Boston Globe
 
“No contemporary novelist makes me stop as often to mark or admire one of her sentences. . . . Werel3œ