After Birth

&;Captures our time with bracing propulsive energy and brilliant honesty . . . Albert is virtuosic.&; &; Washington Post Ari is isolated with a one-year-old son in a decayed upstate New York town. Then Mina appears pregnant and alone. Suddenly there is the possibility of connection and soon the two are comrades-in-arms navigating the hostile terrain of new motherhood together. Acclaimed for its insight outrageous humor and power to spark fierce debate After Birth is a daring and transformative novel about friendship history and the body.&;Vicious hilarious and above all real.&; &;New York Times Book Review &;Boils with dark humor and brutal honesty.&; &;People &;Funny as hell . . . Enlightening sharply moving and true.&; &;Star Tribune &;A smartly acerbic exploration.&; &;O The Oprah Magazine&;Edgy . . . Like Lorrie Moore . . . cracked open.&; &;Los Angeles Review of Books