Permanence If she doesn't find work

If she doesn't find work soon

When he staggers closer

Spanning six decades

while drowning their sorrows

this fourth collection considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact--tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker's sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky

Permanence If she doesn't find work"It reads like a dream which is secretly a nightmare. I loved it." Vincenzo Latronico, author of Perfection "The kind of book that you'll want to read in one long gulp, the literary equivalent of a crisp glass of ros." The Sunday Times (London) From the Booker Prize longlisted author of speculative dreamscapes The Water Cure and Blue Ticket comes the story of an impassioned affair and the city designed to foster it perfect for fans of I Who Have Never