![]() ![]() ![]() While marriage and motherhood remain on the radar, Weather swirls around amber waves of dread. Offill's new novel, Weather, takes a similarly clever diary-like tack, but it's even better - darkly funny and urgent, yet more outwardly focused, fueled by a growing preoccupation with the scary prospect of a doomed earth. of Speculation (2014), a wonderful series of witty, plangent short dispatches about marriage, motherhood, and thwarted aspirations from an unnamed female writer whose life ventures dangerously close to the brink. Jenny Offill broke through the funk of a 15-year gap between her first and second novels with Dept. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Weather Subtitle A Novel Author Jenny Offill ![]()
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