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"A stunning debut...Reminds me of my most favorite authors: J.D. Salinger, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, Joan Didion." -- A.M. HomesI viewed the consumptive nature of love as a threat to serious women. But the wonderful man I just married believes as I do -- work is paramount, absolutely no children -- and now love seems to me quite marvelous.These words are spoken to a rapturous audience by Joan Ashby, a brilliant and intense literary sensation acclaimed for her explosively dark and singular stories.When Joan finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, she is stunned by Martin's delight, his instant betrayal of their pact. She makes a fateful, selfless decision then, to embrace her unintentional family. Challenged by raising two precocious sons, it is decades before she finally completes her masterpiece novel. Poised to reclaim the spotlight, to resume the intended life she gave up for love, a betrayal of Shakespearean proportion forces her to question every choice she has made.Epic, propulsive, incredibly ambitious, and dazzlingly written, The Resurrection of Joan Ashby is a story about sacrifice and motherhood, the burdens of expectation and genius. Cherise Wolas's gorgeous debut introduces an indelible heroine candid about her struggles and unapologetic in her ambition.
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Cherise Wolas is the author of the critically acclaimed novels, The Resurrection of Joan Ashby and The Family Tabor. The Resurrection of Joan Ashby was nominated for the 2019 International Dublin Literary Award, the 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Debut Fiction Prize, and is a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and Paperback Row selection, an ABA Indie Next Great Read Pick in Hardcover and Paperback, and named a Best Novel, Best Debut Novel, and top 10 Novel of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and many other outlets. Huffington Post called it "An audacious balancing act whose betrayals come from the least expected corners, submerging reads in a dazzling universe we hate to leave." Joan Ashby has been published or is forthcoming in a number of foreign countries, including the UK, Poland, France, Turkey, Israel, and China. Her second novel, The Family Tabor, is an ABA Indie Next Great Read Pick in three categories: Hardcover, Paperback, and for Reading Groups, a New York Times Book Review Paperback Row selection, and Legendary Entertainment Television has optioned The Family Tabor for a multi-season premium cable television show. It has been published in the US and UK, and is forthcoming in France in October 2021, and in other foreign countries.Cherise Wolas lives in New York City with her husband and a feline named Henry the Lovebug. She is at work on a new novel.Her author website is: www.cherisewolas.comShe's also on Instagram and Twitter - @cherisewolas, and on Facebook at @CheriseWolas.Author
