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All My Mother's Lovers: A Novel Hardcover – May 26, 2020
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One of . . . Electric Literature ’s "Most Anticipated Debuts of Early 2020" • O, The Oprah Magazine ’s "31 LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020" • Publishers Weekly ’s "Spring 2020 Literary Fiction Announcements" • BuzzFeed 's "Most Highly Anticipated Books of 2020" • The Millions 's "Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview" • The Rumpus 's "What to Read When 2020 Is Just Around the Corner" • LGBTQ Reads 's "2020 LGBTQAP Adult Fiction Preview: January-June" • Lit Hub ’s "Most Anticipated Books of 2020" • BookRiot ’s " Must-Read Debut Novels of 2020" • Bitch ’s "27 Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020" • Harper’s Bazaar 's "14 LGBTQ+ Books to Look For in 2020" • NewNowNext ’s "11 Queer Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Spring" • Cosmopolitan 's "12 Books You'll Be Dying to Read This Summer" • Salon ’s "The Best and Boldest New Must-Read Books for May" • Lambda Literary’s “Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of May 2020” • The Rumpus's "What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Mothers" "A queer tour-de-force . . . Compelling and astonishing."–Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things Intimacy has always eluded twenty-seven-year-old Maggie Krause—despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss—until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie’s mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home only to discover a withdrawn dad, an angry brother, and, along with Iris's will, five sealed envelopes, each addressed to a mysterious man she’s never heard of. In an effort to run from her own grief and discover the truth about Iris—who made no secret of her discomfort with her daughter's sexuality—Maggie embarks on a road trip, determined to hand-deliver the letters and find out what these men meant to her mother. Maggie quickly discovers Iris’s second, hidden life, which shatters everything Maggie thought she knew about her parents’ perfect relationship. What is she supposed to tell her father and brother? And how can she deal with her own relationship when her whole world is in freefall? Told over the course of a funeral and shiva, and written with enormous wit and warmth, All My Mother's Lovers is the exciting debut novel from fiction writer and book critic Ilana Masad. A unique meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties and grief, and a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity, A ll My Mother's Lovers challenges us to question the nature of fulfilling relationships.
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“There are many things for which All My Mother’s Lovers should be praised for, not least of which is its cast of dynamic, complicated queer characters whose relationship problems have nothing to do with how they identify. . . . All My Mother’s Lovers is engaging, and confident, and often wry.” —Los Angeles Review of Books "A debut that explores sexuality, family trauma, and grief — after our main character's mother dies in a car crash and leaves mysterious letters to five different men — but it's all packed in a smart, funny package." — Entertainment Weekly “Surprising and illuminating, Masad’s debut is not what I expected — it’s better. All My Mother’s Lovers brings nuance to well-worn topics of literary exploration: family, identity, and relationships.” — InStyle "The 20 Best Books of 2020" "This probing, beautiful debut novel by Ilana Masad is an intimate meditation on grief, identity, love, and inheritance. . . . [A] daughter's journey to realizing her mother was also a woman, and a tender tribute to the power of forgiveness, understanding, and hope." — Refinery 29 "With her debut novel, Ilana Masad presents a sharp meditation on the ways our parents shape us." — Marie Claire "Ilana Masad's debut is a queer tour de force. A tender look at love, relationships, motherhood, and how we oftentimes hurt the people we love most with our silence. Compelling and astonishing, All My Mother's Lovers is a novel with family dynamics at its heart. This book goes hard and does not disappoint. Masad is a writer on the rise." —Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things "This ambitious, deft, compassionate debut novel finds eternal truths in a very contemporary story: that even those we care for most remain mysteries to us, that our judgments of others' lives are always inadequate, that love demands heroism. Ilana Masad is an exciting talent." —Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You and Cleanness "Masad has written a melancholy and memorable reminder of how little we often know about the people who raise us, not just as caretakers, but as human beings with hopes and heartaches." – USA Today "Masad is deft and incisive about the sometimes-fraught nature of mother-daughter relationships, around which loaded subtext can seem to twist and twine like Christmas lights. And she affectingly plumbs the mind-bending hugeness that is losing a parent."— The Washington Post “ All My Mother's Lovers is a wholly unique exploration of identity, sexuality, and the all-consuming power of love. Masad is a masterful storyteller who offers complex, dynamic characters that continue to surprise us until the very end.”— Associated Press "The novel offers readers a nuanced, fully realized protagonist struggling to come to terms with death, her transition to adulthood, and the leap of faith required to let people in."— Lambda Literary "[An] ambitious, cinematic debut novel . . . All My Mother's Lovers is an intimate, complex family portrait that follows the messy life of one queer woman who comes to understand that all relationships are untidy; that’s part of what makes them memorable.”— AV Club "In addition to writing fiction and nonfiction, Ilana Masad is one of the best contemporary book critics out there, and her debut novel is evidence that all that reading has done her good. (Brandon Taylor, author of the brand-new Real Life , called her a genius in a recent interview, so that tells you something. . . . Brimming with enveloping writing, this is another don't-miss.)" — Electric Literature "This remarkable portrait of a daughter's opaque relationship with her mother reflects the strangeness and beauty of coming to see one's parent fully as a human being." — Publishers Weekly , starred review "Masad skillfully balances bitterness and tenderness throughout the narrative. . . . In some ways, every generation needs to reinvent the wheel in order to feel independent and capable. But, whether communicating with our queer elders or with elders we would never consider part of the queer community, it is important to understand that the things we hold most important are human, and though the words we use to describe experiences may change, there is nevertheless continuity of human experience from one generation to the next. All My Mother's Lovers is a beautiful celebration of this continuity, and the value of communication across generations." — Jewish Book Council “Masad’s impressive novel delves into varieties of that strange magic, love, and of its expansive, life-shaping possibilities. All My Mother's Lovers is a debut of rare and vital generosity.” —R. O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries "Ilana Masad's All My Mother's Lovers is a stunning excavation of the profound destabilization of grief, the secrets that twist like vines around the root system of a family, and the terror and grace of learning to be vulnerable before others. Maggie and Iris, the daughter and mother that sit at this novel's heart, are both indelible, with a bond that not even death can demolish. A giant-hearted and sharply funny debut." —Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel "Ilana Masad has crafted a brilliant novel about understanding and forgiveness. . . . All My Mother's Lovers is a powerful debut that signals a new voice in fiction who can interweave multiple threads through a single protagonist." — Bitch "Masad's book is a powerful look at family secrets and how they shape us." — Volume 1 Brooklyn " All My Mother's Lovers masterfully explores how complex grief and trauma are." — HelloGiggles "A tender portrait of a fraught relationship between a mother and her lesbian daughter. . . . Masad deftly navigates a bevy of difficult topics, and the result is a beautiful novel on grief, Jewish families, motherhood, queer identities, and more." — Alma "Ilana Masad delivers a strong debut focused on the complexities of relationships, queerness, and gender." — Ms. "Ilana Masad's debut novel held my attention as early as its title, All My Mother's Lovers , which renders a wit and promise of complication that makes for exciting reading. . . . The narrative unfolds over a funeral and shiva and will tackle identity from many angles: the familial, the sexual, the repressed, the hopeful." — Lit Hub , "Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2020" "An exciting fiction debut from a discerning and insightful book critic." —BuzzFeed "A large hearted marvel." — O, The Oprah Magazine , "31 LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020" "This book is on literally every anticipated book list for 2020 and for good reason. " — Paper Mag "[A] tender debut." — Real Simple “Masad’s largest triumph: superb and cohesive character development. . . . All My Mother's Lovers explores the distance we feel between ourselves and others, even those we love most, and how the gap in those perspectives can be an entry point for grief, empathy, and forgiveness.”– Chicago Review of Books “ All My Mother's Lovers is a raw, emotional book about acceptance and the kind of complicated, messy love that sometimes takes years to comprehend.” — Shelf Awareness, starred review "This is a book that takes an unflinching look at sexuality and its role in our lives: how it builds bridges, burns them, and changes how others view us and how we relate to others. For some, it even changes the trajectory of their lives." — Lilith Magazine "A story of good but difficult characters and the openhearted people who love them, All My Mother's Lovers is a compassionate and insightful work." — BookPage "It’s a remarkable debut and the kind of book you want to hug tight when it ends." —Elle.com "A tremendous debut." — Book Riot
Ilana Masad is a fiction writer, essayist, and book critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , The Paris Review, NPR , BuzzFeed , Catapult , StoryQuarterly, McSweeney's Internet Tendency , as well as several others. All My Mother's Lovers is Masad's debut novel.
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Dutton (May 26, 2020) Language
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English Hardcover
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336 pages ISBN-10
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1524745979 ISBN-13
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978-1524745974 Item Weight
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1.2 pounds Dimensions
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6.25 x 1.15 x 9.34 inches
3.9 out of 5 stars
244 ratings
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This is the book you wonder why you kept reading it even when your brain says STOP. It takes a lot for me to want to not finish a book. I almost did, gets stuck with it and wished I did not.
The ending of this story was satisfying. Overall, however I found it hard to empathize with the characters. Both the mom and daughter’s streak of selfishness was difficult to look past. At times my mind wandered while reading which is never a good sign.
I appreciated the openness of the author though nothing really shocked me. I believe that human relationships are best when diverse... And the relationships in this book definitely had many unusual relationships.
loved the way the stories were relayed.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a easy read. Hope the author publishes another book because I definitely will read it.
4.5 stars rounded up! Do you ever finish a book and you love so many things about it, but when it comes to putting your thoughts into coherent sentences you come up short? That’s how I feel about writing the review for All My Mother’s Lovers. This book blew me away, but yet I don’t feel like I can accurately portray why. 27 year old Maggie Kraus has had a strained relationship with her mother Iris ever since she told her parents that she was lesbian. When her Iris dies in a tragic car accident, Maggie drops everything to return home where she finds her father barely functioning and her brother just a ball of anger. While trying to deal with all of the funeral arrangements, Maggie finds that her mother has left five envelopes to be mailed as her last wishes, but they are addressed to men that Maggie has never heard of. Who were these men and what did they mean to her mother? Rather than mail the letters, Maggie decides to deliver the letters in person, which sets in motion a journey to uncover so many secrets that her mother kept from her. All My Mother’s Lovers is a beautifully written tale that highlights the intricacies of relationships, especially familial ones. This story tackles a myriad of issues such as racism, prejudice, privilege, biases, sexuality, gender, etc. As we go through the story, we watch Maggie evolve from an angsty somewhat immature twenty something to someone who begins to understand the complexity of relationships as she learns about her mother as a person versus her mother as a parent. I’ll be honest, this story will not be for everyone. However, if you enjoy reading books that truly challenge you and your beliefs, pick this one up. This is one of those stories that you need to go in with an open mind and see where the story takes you. The journey is absolutely worth it. Thank you to Dutton Books for providing a review copy through NetGalley. This did not influence my review. All opinions are my own.
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August 21, 2017 Maggie is in the midst of a second lazy orgasm when her brother, Ariel, calls to tell her their mother has died. "Don't pick up," Lucia says, the lower half of her face glistening. But Maggie doesn't listen; she lives for moments like this. "Hello, Brother. I am currently being eaten out. What are you up to?" And when Lucia pulls her face away, peeved, Maggie leans up on her elbows and says, "No, don't stop." But then she listens, and she sits up and pulls away from Lucia, tugs her knees close to her body, protective. She can feel her face turn stony, is sure the color is draining from it as her brother talks. She sees how she must look through her lover's shifting features, Lucia's eyes widening with concern, her mouth hanging open a little, chin still wet. "Okay," Maggie says. She repeats it. Then: "I'll text you my flight details." She doesn't say "I'm sorry," though she is, nor "I love you," though she does. She can't think clearly enough to say the things people are supposed to say in such moments. Not because she's stuck-she isn't. She isn't even thinking about her newly dead mother, nor of the violence of her death, a car crash along a route she can picture well. Instead, Maggie is several steps ahead, thinking of the funeral, of who she needs to call, of what will happen to her father. She's thinking about whether they need to print programs, whether the synagogue will do that, and whether that's even really a thing, or just something people do on TV. She's thinking about her planner, sitting in the kitchen, so far from where she needs it. "Mags, you're scaring me," Lucia says. She's sitting very close to Maggie now rather than between her legs, kneeling, her brown breasts hanging heavy, nipples grazing Maggie's knees. "Where are you going?" Maggie stays hunched into
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