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All Fours is a must read for all creative mothers and creative midlife women. Join us for the next Creative Magic book club where we will be discussing Sue Monk Kidd's Writing, Creativity and Soul www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce
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A semi-famous artist turns forty-five and gives herself a gift - a cross-country road trip from LA to New York, without her husband and child. But thirty minutes after setting off, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel - and embarks on the journey of a lifetime. "It's very funny, quite dirty, and deeply profound, with a fragile magic that comes from entering an uncensored inner world. There is the added thrill as well, of July suggesting that midlife, and menopause in particular, might be kind of . . . hot" ― Observer
"Rage, grief, lust, sadness, selfishness; this stunning book and July's nameless heroine have it all. I cannot wait to read it all over again" -- GILLIAN ANDERSON
"A life-changer for me. I thought I was reading about middle age, then I thought I was reading about menopause, then motherhood, then sexuality, then monogamy, then marriage. And by the final page I realised I was reading about existence and death and I couldn't stop crying. Plus it's so funny and it's so horny. My favourite novel of this year" -- DOLLY ALDERTON ABOUT THE AUTHOR Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her newest novel, All Fours, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award, the Women’s Prize, and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. July is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and one of TIME Magazine’s “100 most influential people of 2025.” Her other books include It Chooses You, The First Bad Man, and No One Belongs Here More Than You (winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award). Raised in Berkeley, California, July lives in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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