Jane falls in love with Duncan easily. He is charming, good-natured, and
handsome but unfortunately, he has also slept with nearly every woman
in Boyne City, Michigan. Jane sees Duncan's old girlfriends
everywhere--at restaurants, at the grocery store, even three towns away.
While
Jane may be able to come to terms with dating the world's most prolific
seducer of women, she wishes she did not have to share him quite so
widely. His ex-wife, Aggie, a woman with shiny hair and pale milkmaid
skin, still has Duncan mow her lawn. His coworker, Jimmy, comes and goes
from Duncan's apartment at the most inopportune times. Sometimes Jane
wonders if a relationship can even work with three people in it--never
mind four. Five if you count Aggie's eccentric husband, Gary. Not to
mention all the other residents of Boyne City, who freely share with
Jane their opinions of her choices.
But any notion Jane had of
love and marriage changes with one terrible car crash. Soon Jane's life
is permanently intertwined with Duncan's, Aggie's, and Jimmy's, and Jane
knows she will never have Duncan to herself. But could it be possible
that a deeper kind of happiness is right in front of Jane's eyes? A
novel that is alternately bittersweet and laugh-out-loud funny,
Katherine Heiny's Early Morning Riser is her most astonishingly wonderful work to date.
Reviews
"Standard Deviation was one of my favorite books of the last decade, and Early Morning Riser contains the same wit, tenderness and razor sharp observations about modern relationships. I loved it."—JoJo Moyes, author of Me Before You
"Warm, witty, touching - and frequently hilarious."—David Nicholls, author of One Day
“Early Morning Riser is
a charming, witty and heartwarming novel about life and love in a small
town that is destined to improve your mood and restore your faith in
humankind. Katherine Heiny — who has long been a personal favorite
writer of mine — is at the height of her storytelling powers. Every
sentence is a treat!”—Elin Hilderbrand, bestselling author of 28 Summers
"Katherine
Heiny is as warm and moving as Anne Tyler at her best, as funny as
David Sedaris at his most hilarious, and one of the truly original
voices in current fiction. Her wonderful second novel is a much-needed
reminder that no matter how flawed, foolish, and downright annoying
people can be, they’re still capable of immense kindness and
outrageously unselfish love. Be forewarned: reading Earlier Morning
Riser could make you believe we’re not necessarily all doomed."—Stephen McCauley, author of My Ex-Life
"Glorious.
I love how it evokes the rhythm of life in all its joy and ordinariness
and chaos. I loved the dialogue, the relationships. I love the
one-liners, the humour, the gorgeous detail, the food, the innermost
thoughts, and the love."—Nina Stibbe, author of Reasons to Be Cheerful
"Early Morning Riser is
a joy of a novel. Beautiful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. It's
the kind of book you'll have no choice but to stay up reading all night,
and then you'll be sad when you've run out of pages. Katherine Heiny's
voice is unlike anyone else's, and it's just what the world needs now."—J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of Friends and Strangers
"Early Morning Riser is
wise, sad and barkingly funny. Katherine Heiny writes brilliantly about
what we mean by the word 'family' and her novel is loving without being
soppy and warm without being cozy—I didn't want it to end."—Lissa Evans, author of Old Baggage
"Katherine
Heiny’s books feel like spending time with a smart, funny and beloved
friend who always has a million interesting things to talk about but
always wants to know about you, too. She is a charming and insightful
and unique writer and Early Morning Riser is every bit as good as Standard Deviation, if not better.” —Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Upstairs
“Gorgeous. Very, very funny in a knowing wry way but so tender, so beautiful. I loved all the characters.”—Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups
"Few writers so memorably capture the quirky interior lives of their characters as Heiny... She returns to form with Early Morning Riser,
a wry and wise novel about the intertwined romantic lives of the
residents of a small Michigan town... Heiny soars in her offbeat
examination of small-town baggage and found families."—Esquire
"The perfect pick me-up, filled to the brim with lovable eccentrics and delightful oddballs."—Newsweek
“Katherine
Heiny’s latest romance-adjacent work of literary fiction has been
compared to Jane Austen’s novels… An entirely unexpected ensemble cast
of characters in the throes and on the edge of love.”—Parade
“If you enjoyed All Adults Here,
by Emma Straub, read Early Morning Riser… When you enter a relationship
with a man who has had relations with, well, half the town, things will
probably get weird. Jane, the star of Heiny’s offbeat and funny new
novel, falls for Duncan — who comes with an oversize load of small-town
baggage. The story, which spans 17 years, sparkles with Heiny’s
trademark witticisms and cutting observations.”—Washington Post
"A
‘modern Jane Austen'... [Heiny] unites stylistic verve with
laugh-out-loud humor, and is a perfect balance of literary and
accessible.. I'd read the back of a cereal box if it was written by
Katherine Heiny."—Forbes
"This
touching and fizzy comic novel... makes the ordinary extraordinary. A
deep awareness of the ways the potential for tragedy lies just beneath
the surface of small-town life gives the proceedings a sense of gravity
and holds the humor in perfect balance. This is a winner."—Publishers Weekly, starred
"More
than a little contagious hilarity... Laugh-out-loud scenes seamlessly
flow into deep consideration of what it means to be a family and the
power of accepting one another, eccentricities and all. This
irresistible delight is a much-needed balm during these unnerving
times."—Library Journal, starred
"The author of Single, Carefree, Mellow (2015) and Standard Deviation (2017) brings
us new characters to fall in love with in this novel about love,
family, and community. It’s easy to adore the characters Heiny conjures
in her novels and short stories. They tend to be quirky and smart,
caring and passionate... Heiny’s book finds beauty and humor in
connection and community, family and friendship, and the way love can
develop and deepen over time. A heartwarming novel with a small-town
vibe that sparkles like wine sipped with friends under backyard fairy
lights."—Kirkus, starred
“A
warm-hearted tribute to small town living, with all its attendant
exasperations… Witty, exuberant… Heiny clearly writes with a great deal
of love for her characters and location, but also offers real insight
into the ways in which accidental intimacy can lead to a deeper and
truer understanding of ourselves.”—Refinery29
KATHERINE HEINY
KATHERINE HEINY is the author of Standard Deviation and Single, Carefree, Mellow, and her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and
many other magazines. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband
and children, and is a former resident of London, The Hague, and Boyne
City, Michigan.
http://katherineheiny.com/
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