All This Could Be Different
(Paperback, Large Print Edition)
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Publishing Details
All This Could Be Different
By (Author) Sarah Thankam Mathews
Diversified Publishing
Random House Large Print
9th August 2022
Large Print Edition
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Fiction: general and literary
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 155mm, Height 233mm
Description
2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
ONE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES' TOP 5 FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR
ONE OF TIME AND SLATE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 byNPR, Vogue, Vulture, BuzzFeed, Harper's Bazaar, and more
One of the buzziest, most human novels of the yearbreathless, dizzying, and completely beautiful. Vogue
Dazzling and wholly original...[written] with such mordant wit, insight, and specificity, it feels like watching a new literary star being born in real time. Entertainment Weekly
From a brilliant new voice comes an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life for herselfa warm, dazzling, and profound saga of queer love, friendship, work, and precarity in twenty-first century America
Graduating into the long maw of an American recession, Sneha is one of the fortunate ones. Shes moved to Milwaukee for an entry-level corporate job that, grueling as it may be, is the key that unlocks every door: she can pick up the tab at dinner with her new friend Tig, get her college buddy Thom hired alongside her, and send money to her parents back in India. She begins dating womensoon developing a burning crush on Marina, a beguiling and beautiful dancer who always seems just out of reach.
But before long, trouble arrives. Painful secrets rear their heads; jobs go off the rails; evictions loom. Sneha struggles to be truly close and open with anybody, even as her friendships deepen, even as she throws herself headlong into a dizzying romance with Marina. Its then that Tig begins to draw up a radical solution to their problems, hoping to save them all.
A beautiful and capacious novel rendered in singular, unforgettable prose, All This Could Be Different is a wise, tender, and riveting group portrait of young people forging love and community amidst struggle, and a moving story of one immigrants journey to make her home in the world.
Author Bio
Sarah ThankamMathews grew up between Oman and India, immigrating to the United States at seventeen. Her work has been published in Best American Short Stories and she is a recipient of fellowships from the Asian American Writers Workshop and the Iowa Writers Workshop. In 2020, she founded the mutual aid group Bed-Stuy Strong. All This Could Be Different is her rst novel.
