Writers  Lovers, Lily King
Writers  Lovers, Lily King
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Writers & Lovers
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Lily King

Narrator: Stacey Glemboski

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2020


Synopsis

#ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick as Featured on TodayEmma Roberts Belletrist Book Club PickA New York Times Book Review’s Group Text Selection“I loved this book not just from the first chapter or the first page but from the first paragraph… The voice is just so honest and riveting and insightful about creativity and life.” —Curtis Sittenfeld Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman.Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, moldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she has been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching onto something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey’s fight to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink.Writers & Lovers follows Casey―a smart and achingly vulnerable protagonist―in the last days of a long youth, a time when every element of her life comes to a crisis. Written with King’s trademark humor, heart, and intelligence, Writers & Lovers is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another.

About Lily King

Lily King is the award-winning author of the novels The Pleasing Hour, The English Teacher, Father of the Rain, and Euphoria, one of the New York Times Book Review’s “10 Best Books of 2014,” finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She lives in Maine.

About Stacey Glemboski

Stacey Glemboski is a seasoned voice artist and audiobook narrator of many books in the science fiction and young adult fiction genres.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on September 07, 2021

I could definitely argue that the wonderfulness in Writers and Lovers, and the sheer range of emotions it made me feel, cannot be summed up in one swift review. Instead, I'll just tell you to get your ass in gear and read this while I marinate in the awesome; then we can all scream at the sky about......more

Goodreads review by David on July 28, 2020

Wow! Wow! That’s two “Wows, readers stand up and take notice. I can say with great confidence that I have found my favorite book of 2020. And that’s saying something. First a little editorial comment; the story is based on the trials and tribulations of a writer, a topic to which I can easily relate......more

Goodreads review by emma on February 26, 2024

How do you give a five star rating? For me, it's a combination. It's a little bit how I felt about a book while I was reading it, but it's mostly how I feel about it after. If I'm unable to stop thinking about it: five stars. If it leaves a mark on my brain I can't shake: five stars. If it changes th......more

Goodreads review by Ron on March 05, 2020

Please don’t do this. Don’t write a novel about trying to write a novel. It’s cliche and insular and lazy. Just don’t do it. Unless it’s this novel — this wonderful, witty, heartfelt novel by Lily King called “Writers & Lovers.” “Writers & Lovers” is a funny novel about grief, and, worse, it’s dangero......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on May 01, 2020

This is an introspective, intimate story of a woman coming into her own, a struggling writer, struggling to figure out her life. We meet Casey Peabody in 1997 in Cambridge, MA. She’s a mess, grieving the loss of her mother, burdened financially with over $70,000 in student loans and other debt, work......more


Quotes

“A comic and compassionate novel.” Wall Street Journal

“Captures…the eccentricities of a writer’s life, spiking the narrative with wit, sumptuous imagery, and hilarious skewerings of literary elitism.” People

“An unexpected delight in the multitudinous pleasures in Lily King’s new novel is narrator Stacey Glemboski’s beautiful soprano, which lifts into a breath-catching ballad at a key moment…Glemboski’s warm voice has great narrative appeal, and she populates the wealth of interesting characters with believable, imaginative voices. One wants to remain long in their company. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

“A classic bildungsroman for struggling artists everywhere.” Los Angeles Times

“[A] smooth, deliberate chronicle of creation.” Los Angeles Times

“Follows a deeply relatable protagonist navigating a whole menu of crises surrounded by a cast of genuine, vivid characters.” Entertainment Weekly

“A knowing look at the pursuit of a life in the arts, with a protagonist you’ll root for.” Marie Claire

“King has created a woman on the cusp of personal fulfillment and strong enough to stand on her own…King wants us to keep trying, through whatever means necessary, to beat the odds.” Boston Globe

“This wonderful, witty, heartfelt novel…is a funny novel about grief, and, worse, it’s dangerously romantic, bold enough and fearless enough to imagine the possibility of unbounded happiness.” Washington Post

“A modern-day coming-of-age tale that challenges the creative quest narratives for women….absorbing storytelling.” Audible.com


Awards

  • Vogue Pick
  • Vulture.com Pick
  • Booklist Pick
  • Indie Next List
  • People Pick of the Week
  • Audible Pick
  • Millions.com Pick
  • PopSugar Pick
  • O Magazine Pick
  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Literary Hub Pick
  • Belletrist Pick
  • BuzzFeed Books Pick
  • New England Book Award
  • Not the Booker Prize
  • Voice Arts Award
  • New York Times Notable Book
  • Washington Post Top 10 Book
  • Amazon Best Book
  • Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books