Familiar
A Novel
J. Robert Lennon
- A
- haunting,
- enigmatic
- novel
- about
- a
- woman
- who
- is
- given
- a
- second
- chance—and
- isn't
- sure
- whether
- she
- really
- wants
- it
- *
- A
- Publishers
- Weekly
- "Indie
- Sleeper"
- *
- A
- Powell's
- Indiespensable
- Pick
- *
- The
- Nervous
- Breakdown's
- October
- Book
- Club
- Pick
- *Elisa
- Brown
- is
- driving
- back
- from
- her
- annual,
- somber
- visit
- to
- her
- son
- Silas's
- grave
- when
- something
- changes.
- Actually,
- everything
- changes:
- her
- body
- is
- more
- voluptuous;
- she's
- wearing
- different
- clothes
- and
- driving
- a
- new
- car.
- When
- she
- arrives
- home,
- her
- life
- is
- familiar—but
- different.
- There
- is
- her
- house,
- her
- husband.
- But
- in
- the
- world
- she
- now
- inhabits,
- Silas
- is
- no
- longer
- dead,
- and
- his
- brother
- is
- disturbingly
- changed.
- Elisa
- has
- a
- new
- job,
- and
- her
- marriage
- seems
- sturdier,
- and
- stranger,
- than
- she
- remembers.
- She
- finds
- herself
- faking
- her
- way
- through
- a
- life
- she
- is
- convinced
- is
- not
- her
- own.
- Has
- she
- had
- a
- psychotic
- break?
- Or
- has
- she
- entered
- a
- parallel
- universe?
- Elisa
- believed
- that
- Silas
- was
- doomed
- from
- the
- start,
- but
- now
- that
- he
- is
- alive,
- what
- can
- she
- do
- to
- repair
- her
- strained
- relations
- with
- her
- children?
- She
- soon
- discovers
- that
- these
- questions
- hinge
- on
- being
- able
- to
- see
- herself
- as
- she
- really
- is—something
- that
- might
- be
- impossible
- for
- Elisa,
- or
- for
- anyone.
- In
- Familiar,
- J.
- Robert
- Lennon
- continues
- his
- profound
- and
- exhilarating
- exploration
- of
- the
- surreal
- undercurrents
- of
- contemporary
- American life.
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