The Answers

The Answers

By Catherine Lacey
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“A sparkling satire of our era of big data.”

Wall Street Journal

An Elle Magazine Pick of the 25 Most Anticipated Books by Women for 2017

A BuzzFeed Books Pick for Most Anticipated Books

A Chicago Review of Books Pick of Best of the Year So Far

Esquire Magazine Best Book of the Year So Far

One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2017

In Catherine Lacey’s ambitious second novel we are introduced to Mary, a young woman living in New York City struggling with a body that has betrayed her. All but paralyzed with pain, Mary seeks relief from a New Age-y treatment called Pneuma Adaptive Kinesthesia, PAKing for short. And, remarkably, it works.

But PAKing is expensive and Mary is broke. So she scours Craigslist for fast-cash jobs and finds the “Girlfriend Experiment,” the brainchild of an eccentric and narcissistic actor determined to find the perfect relationship—even if it means paying women to fill different roles. Mary is hired as the “emotional girlfriend”—certainly better than the “anger girlfriend” or the “maternal girlfriend”—and is pulled into an ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection.

Told in Lacey’s signature spiraling prose, The Answers is full of singular yet universal insights. It is a gorgeous hybrid of the plot- and idea-driven novel that will leave you reeling.

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    Sexual preferences become complicated with couples interacting.

    This book represents a twist on the somewhat common practice of couples role playing for sexual gratification. In an effort to pay for expensive medicine for a rare affliction, Mary, an ambitious lady living in New York, finds herself reacting to the expense by becoming part of a unique role playing group where the women involved play out a role to satisfy various needs of an actor with eccentric notions of what makes up the perfect relationship. Such a story in the talented hands of Katherine Lacey and read with intriguing voices by Megan Tusing, becomes a must listen to book for anyone curious to find out which of the “girlfriends” representing the Emotional type, the angry type, the maternal type et al fulfilling Kurt’s quest for the perfect relationship.

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