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In November 2018, Eloise and Lewis, a young married couple, rent a car in Las Vegas and take off on a two-week road trip across the American southwest. Over the course of their trip, Eloise, beginning to suspect she might be pregnant, helplessly witnesses Lewis's descent as he struggles to find a pl...

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Main Author: Watts, Madeleine (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Spouses > Fiction.
Automobile travel > Southwestern States > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Southwestern States > Description and travel > Fiction.
Road fiction.
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Summary:In November 2018, Eloise and Lewis, a young married couple, rent a car in Las Vegas and take off on a two-week road trip across the American southwest. Over the course of their trip, Eloise, beginning to suspect she might be pregnant, helplessly witnesses Lewis's descent as he struggles to find a place for himself in the desert where he never quite felt at home.
Physical Description:276 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274).
ISBN:9781668051627
1668051621
Author Notes:Madeleine Watts is the author of The Inland Sea , which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing. Her novella, Afraid of Waking It was awarded the Griffith Review Novella Prize. Her nonfiction has been published extensively in Harper's Magazine , The Guardian , The Believer , The Paris Review Daily , Literary Hub , and Astra Magazine . She has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and teaches at Columbia and Johns Hopkins Universities.

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