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The very weave of herself seems to have loosened: time and memories pass straight through her body. \"I'm sorry not to respond to your email,\" she writes, \"but I live completely in the present\u003cbr\u003e now.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWill There Ever Be Another You\u003c\/i\u003e is the brain-shredding, phosphorescent story of one woman's dissolution and her attempt to create a new way of thinking, as well as a profound investigation into what keeps us alive in times of unprecedented disorientation and loss, from one of our most original writers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWill There Ever Be Another You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Patricia Lockwood... writes with the impish verve and provocative guilelessness of a peeing cupid.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Completely singular... Patricia Lockwood's body of work is like this: a hymn--or ode, depending on the day--to the painful project of being human.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The author's fans will find her trademark humor, originality, and depth on full display. This is a knockout.\" - starred \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eNo One Is Talking About This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A book that reads like a prose poem, at once sublime, profane, intimate, philosophical, witty and, eventually, deeply moving.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Reading Patricia Lockwood raises questions. Questions such as, How can a person understand both herself and the world with such clarity? How does a person experience things so intensely and express them so buoyantly? Am I laughing or am I crying? Lockwood's first novel is as crystalline, witty, and brain-shredding as her poetry and criticism.\" --\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Wow. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book. What an inventive and startling writer...I'm so glad I read this. I really think this book is remarkable.\" --David Sedaris\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"God, is she funny!\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52152913494289,"sku":"NIN9780593718551","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52621557661969,"sku":"CIN0593718550G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52849089380625,"sku":"CIN0593718550VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593718551.jpg?v=1757618286"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-patricia-lockwood.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}