Jenny Offill Books
The Friend Who Got Away
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Losing a friend can be as painful and as agonizing as a divorce or the end of a love affair, yet it is rarely written about or even discussed. THE FRIEND WHO GOT AWAY is the first book to address t...
Read MoreWeather
By Jenny Offill
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the nationwide best seller Dept. of Speculation comes a “darkly funny and urgent” (NPR) tour de force about a family, and a nation, in crisis....
Read MoreLast Things
By Jenny Offill
Last Things tells the story of Grace Davitt, an eight-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small lakeside town in Vermont. Her mother, Anna, an ornithologist, once saw a monster in this lak...
Read More17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore
By Jenny Offill
A young girl lists the sixteen things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes.
Read MoreLast things
By Jenny Offill
Grace's mother tells her there's a monster in the nearby lake and teaches her about African hyena men who devour their wives in their sleep. Grace's father, a dedicated scientist, tells her that mo...
Read MoreDept. of Speculation
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From the acclaimed author of Weather comes a slim, stunning portrait of a marriage--a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal ship...
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