I Made It Out of Clay

I Made It Out of ClayIn this darkly funny and surprisingly sweet novel, a woman creates a golem in a desperate attempt to pretend her life is a rom com rather than a disaster. Nothings going well for Eve: shes single, turning forty, stressed at work and anxious about a recent series of increasingly creepy incidents. Most devastatingly, her beloved father died last year, and her family still wont acknowledge their sorrow. With her younger sisters wedding rapidly

She’s been magically transported to a small town straight out of the Hallmark channel

And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps

this beautifully designed volume features poems in many inventive styles and structures and shines a light on a moment of reckoning

It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica

When the two meet at a literary event

a rumination on time and the human heart

their first year of marriage is also their last

State of Wonder is a world unto itself

• Puzzle Size: 20” x 20”

and larger-than-life character who encourages young readers to tackle each obstacle with enthusiasm

But Orion has an agenda of his own

A gifted new storyteller and trailblazing stylist