Lump - Dundurn

Lump

Published July 2023

Description

A dark, satiric novel about a woman whose attempt to escape crises in her health and marriage ends up causing more chaos.

Cat's career has stalled, her marriage has gone flat, and being a stay-at-home mom for two young kids has become a grind. When she finds out, all within a few days, that she is pregnant, that a lump in her breast is the worst thing it could be, and that her husband has done something unforgivably repulsive, she responds by running away from her marriage and her life — a life that, on the outside, looks like middle-class success. Her actions send waves of chaos through the lives of multiple characters, including a struggling house cleaner, a rich and charismatic yoga guru, and even an ailing dog. What follows is a dark comedy about marriage, motherhood, privilege, and power.

A RARE MACHINES BOOK

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Contributors

Nathan Whitlock

Nathan Whitlock is the author of the novels A Week of This and Congratulations On Everything. His work has appeared in the New York Review of BooksThe WalrusThe Globe and MailBest Canadian Essays, and elsewhere. He lives with his family in Hamilton, Ontario.

Book Details

Paperback
July 2023
5.5x8.5 in
320 pp
9781459751286
PDF
July 2023
-
320 pp
9781459751293
ePub
July 2023
-
320 pp
9781459751309