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Book SynopsisOne of NPR's Books We Love for 2022 A New Yorker Best Books of 2022 So Far One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 An Oprah Daily Favourite Book of 2022 A stunning new novel from the author of A Children's Bible
Trade Review"Minimalist, well-crafted…Millet is exceptionally skilled at what she does." -- Sandra Newman - The Guardian
"This gentle, redemptive novel follows a damaged, trusting man as he heals through human connection and requited love…it leaves a warm afterglow and an optimism that lingers." -- Sally Morris - The Daily Mail
"Deceptively simple and quietly lovely." -- Adrienne Westenfeld - Esquire
"[S]harp and implacably funny…The novel is both aubade and vesper. It implies that some people can’t escape the prisons of who they are…. Millet’s novels draw solace from the idea that we are infinitely bigger than ourselves." -- Katy Waldman - The New Yorker
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Dinosaurs solidifies a new phase of Millet’s career.…The spaciousness of the style makes the sense of loss richer and the questions posed—what constitutes moral action, how best can we help one another—at once simpler and more profound…. Millet’s g" -- Christine Smallwood - The New York Times
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Dinosaurs solidifies a new phase of Millet’s career.…The spaciousness of the style makes the sense of loss richer and the questions posed—what constitutes moral action, how best can we help one another—at once simpler and more profound…. Millet’s g" -- Christine Smallwood - The New York Times