* Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction * “I'm in love with a grieving misfit driving around with a donkey-shaped piñata in an old van held together by duct tape...the great miracle of McKenzie's writing... is how she manages to transform misery into gentle humor...darkly hilarious.” -The Washington Post “An addictive read with an ultimately hopeful core that recalls Haruki Murakami, Sayaka Murata, Richard Brautigan, and Miranda July” - Sanjena Sathian, author of Gold DiggersPenny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she's quit her job. Her*mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years*ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother*Dr. Pincer keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse*in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what's possible when all*else fails.*Elizabeth McKenzie, the National Book Award-nominated author*of*The Portable Veblen, follows Penny on her quest for a fresh start. There*will be a road trip in the Dog of the North, an old van with gingham*curtains, a piñata, and stiff brakes. There will be injury and peril. There*will be a dog named Kweecoats and two brothers who may share a*toupee. There will be questions: Why is a detective investigating her*grandmother. What is “the Scintillator”? And can Penny recognize a*good thing when it finally comes her way?*This slyly humorous, thoroughly winsome novel finds the purpose in life's curveballs, insisting that even when we are painfully warped by those we love most, we can be brought closer to our truest selves.
* Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction * “I'm in love with a grieving misfit driving around with a donkey-shaped piñata in an old van held together by duct tape...the great miracle of McKenzie's writing... is how she manages to transform misery into gentle humor...darkly hilarious.” -The Washington Post “An addictive read with an ultimately hopeful core that recalls Haruki Murakami, Sayaka Murata, Richard Brautigan, and Miranda July” - Sanjena Sathian, author of Gold DiggersPenny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she's quit her job. Her*mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years*ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother*Dr. Pincer keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse*in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what's possible when all*else fails.*Elizabeth McKenzie, the National Book Award-nominated author*of*The Portable Veblen, follows Penny on her quest for a fresh start. There*will be a road trip in the Dog of the North, an old van with gingham*curtains, a piñata, and stiff brakes. There will be injury and peril. There*will be a dog named Kweecoats and two brothers who may share a*toupee. There will be questions: Why is a detective investigating her*grandmother. What is “the Scintillator”? And can Penny recognize a*good thing when it finally comes her way?*This slyly humorous, thoroughly winsome novel finds the purpose in life's curveballs, insisting that even when we are painfully warped by those we love most, we can be brought closer to our truest selves.
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