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Wellness

A Novel

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Wellness

By: Nathan Hill
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together. Mining the absurdities of contemporary society, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart.

"A stunning novel about the stories that we tell about our lives and our loves, and how we sustain relationships throughout time—it's beyond remarkable, both funny and heartbreaking, sometimes on the same page.” —NPR


When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the gritty '90s Chicago art scene, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in the thriving underground scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to suburban married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter the often-baffling pursuits of health and happiness from polyamorous would-be suitors to home-renovation hysteria.

For the first time, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other. Family Life Literary Fiction Thought-Provoking Genre Fiction Heartfelt Witty Funny Literature & Fiction Inspiring Suspenseful

Interview: In "Wellness" Nathan Hill excavates the absurdities of love, tech, and truth itself.

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Complex Character Development • Thought-provoking Themes • Insightful Social Commentary • Beautiful Writing

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Compelling, intelligent, interesting and realistically contemporary. Narrator so good as well. I had a hard time interrupting the narrative to proceed with less interesting daily requirements on my time.

Excellent family saga

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This book is spectacular ❤️❤️❤️… what insight…it helps cleanse the film if belief that blocks our sight‼️

Just wow

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I was expecting the story about the arc of a marriage. What I wasn't expecting was the story of a parent who's gone down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and fear/anger. This book hit home so hard, fleshing its central characters out so well that you could never seal a judgement about any one of them. My only gripe would be that there were still a handful who weren't afforded this treatment.... sequel/prequel, please?

I wasn't prepared for the way this hit home

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Impeccable narration of a beautiful novel with deeply moving characters and a thoughtful exploration of the human condition.

I loved every minute of it. Even the painful moments were beautifully written and performed.

By best read of 2023!

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I preordered this book because I loved The Nix so very much. Now I can’t decide which one is better. Both The Nix and Wellness are in the top five books I’ve read in the last ten years and I’m eagerly waiting for the next one by Nathan Hill. As with The Nix, I’ll begin listening to Wellness for the second time tomorrow after it sinks in a little more. Nathan Hill is my favorite author!

Nathan Hill is my favorite author!

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