agatha of little neon by claire luchette

Stephanie Zacharek, TIME ' brilliant debut. Agatha of Little Neon is a novel of self-discovery and of faith-or, more specifically, the unmoored feeling of suffering a crisis of faith.' stunning vignettes of everyday life that most of us let escape without notice.' Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air 'A wry, insightful, and remarkable debut novel.

The nuns don't fly or sing or torment the helpless in Agatha of Little Neon, but they do make an indelible impression. You don't have to be Catholic to connect with Luchette's nuanced and vivid story of a lonely young woman yearning for community and also yearning for everything she's had to give up to be part of that community. Rien Fertel, AV Club Sharp, and by turns, melancholy and wry. Domenica Ruta, The New York Times Book Review 'Claire Luchette's madcap and melancholic debut is a stunner.' The power and pleasure of this novel lie in the slow blooming of desire from tiny seeds of doubt.' Longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardĪ Summer Reading Pick: O Magazine, Vogue, Nylon, Glamour, Refinery29, Bustle, Lit Hub, The Millions, Lambda Literary, The Christian Science MonitorĪ Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Lit Hub, The Millions Or has she just been hiding? Disarming, delightfully deadpan, and full of searching, Claire Luchette's Agatha of Little Neon offers a view into the lives of women and the choices they make.Ī National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree, selected by Elizabeth McCracken Who will she be if she isn't with her sisters? These women, the church, have been her home. Agatha is forced to venture out into the world alone to teach math at a local all-girls high school, where for the first time in years she has to reckon all on her own with what she sees and feels. They take over the care of a halfway house, where they live alongside their charges, such as the jawless Tim Gary and the headstrong Lawnmower Jill. They land in Woonsocket, a former mill town now dotted with wind turbines. But when the parish goes broke, the sisters are forced to move. The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful life. Their world is contained within the little house they share. About the Book 'Claire Luchette's debut, Agatha of Little Neon, is a novel about yearning and sisterhood, figuring out how you fit in (or don't), and the unexpected friends who help you find your truest self'-Ī National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree 'An enchanting, sparkling book about the many meanings of sisterhood.' -Kristin Iversen, Refinery29Ĭlaire Luchette's debut, Agatha of Little Neon, is a novel about yearning and sisterhood, figuring out how you fit in (or don't), and the unexpected friends who help you find your truest self Agatha has lived every day of the last nine years with her sisters: they work together, laugh together, pray together.

Agatha of little neon by claire luchette