{"product_id":"honey-a-novel-isbn-9780063309616","title":"Honey: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store.…a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.”\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer’s Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father’s circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in this complex family saga, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it’s hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties and mob family secrets begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants—to forgive or to avenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis electrifying literary crime fiction breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change—a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Lodato exhibits a gift for excitement in his stimulating tale\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Step aside, Olive Kitteridge. There’s a new woman in town who’s difficult but loveable, complex and, in this case, fabulous. It’s Honey Fasinga.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR \"Ask a Bookseller\" (Sheila Burns, Bloomsbury Books)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] propulsive readable novel...[with] an irresistible heroine, luminous, defiant and unforgettable in her complexity.....Lodato’s keen eye for detail complements an exuberant narrative that moves with energy, creating the portrait of a woman who repudiates victimhood.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArizona Daily Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Honey Fasinga - glamorous, saucy, and full of life, has, at “eighty plus a dash of salt,” returned home to New Jersey and all the memories that still live there.  In Victor Lodato’s wise and witty novel, \u003cem\u003eHoney, \u003c\/em\u003ewe spend time with one of recent literature’s most memorable characters as she readjusts to a world she never thought she'd see again. A portrait of a woman at the end of her life, \u003cem\u003eHoney\u003c\/em\u003e is also the most surprising, and most soul-stirring, coming of age.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Grodstein, New York Times bestselling author of We Must Not Think of Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An entertaining, \u003cem\u003eSopranos\u003c\/em\u003e-esque mix . . . this tough\/tender saga of homecoming exudes warmth and brio.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store.…a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lodato has written a stunning novel that begs for readers.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Step aside, Olive Kitteridge. There’s a new woman in town who’s difficult but lovable, complex and, in this case, fabulous. It’s Honey Fasinga.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR, “Ask a Bookseller” (Sheila Burns, Bloomsbury Books)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Step aside, Olive Kitteridge. There’s a new woman in town who’s difficult but loveable, complex and, in this case, fabulous. It’s Honey Fasinga.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinnesota Public Radio's \"Ask a Bookseller\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \"Best Literary Fiction of the Year\" * A \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003e\"Noteworthy Book\"\u003cem\u003e * \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLadue News\u003c\/em\u003e \"Top Beach Read to Bring on your Summer Vacation\" * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Victor Lodato may be our bard of the sadness, humor, and confusion of loss. He senses the absurdities and elation of mourning and childhood with a capacious precision that brings to mind J.D. Salinger, Lorrie Moore, Karen Russell, even James Joyce. \u003cem\u003eEdgar and Lucy\u003c\/em\u003e will make you feel things you haven't felt in ages.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every woman is free to invent her own apocalypse,” says Honey Fasinga, the stylish heroine of Victor Lodato’s new novel. Honey knows where the bodies are buried—she helped bury some of them—and at eighty-two she is still figuring out how to defend herself and those she loves against the dangerous bullies of this world. This novel is a wonder of strange kindnesses, unthinkable cruelties, and familial fracture. A sharply funny, searingly wise story about the way that a life lived on its own terms is the ultimate art form. Irrepressible and romantic, empathetic but refreshingly unsentimental, and ultimately unforgettable—like its heroine, \u003cem\u003eHoney \u003c\/em\u003eis a true original\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award Finalist and NYT Bestselling author of Once Upon A River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ilaria 'Honey' Fasinga is free-spirited, fashion-conscious, vain, and wounded; through her story of returning to the hometown she fled as a teenager, Lodato deftly explores such themes as the value and cost of artifice, the toxicity of keeping family secrets, and the ways in which even an elegant, independent woman must negotiate the indignities and shrinking options of old age. I’ll not soon forget Lodato’s extraordinary heroine or her captivating life story.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWally Lamb, New York Times #1 Bestselling author of I'll Take You There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Utterly enchanting. A deeply human novel that sings the song of life itself. What a brilliant feat of empathy, style, and transcendent beauty—Lodato has created a true original in \u003cem\u003eHoney\u003c\/em\u003e.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona Awad, author of Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rarely in literature—rarely in our lives—do we encounter someone like Honey Fasinga: fierce, complicated, and out-of-this-world sharp both inside and out. I cried, laughed, and screamed while reading this novel. Weeks after finishing, I am still looking for Honey everywhere. Victor Lodato’s \u003cem\u003eHoney\u003c\/em\u003e belongs in the halls of other legendary, unforgettable characters. This novel can rightfully be called a masterpiece.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJavier Zamora, New York Times bestselling author of Solito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lodato skillfully brings to life a haunting and irresistible character who is as complex as she is charming.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \"10 Noteworthy Books\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Edgar isn't like other boys and Lucy isn't like other moms, but grandma Florence keeps them tied to reality. And then their lives take a sharp turn...This otherworldly tale will haunt you.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople on Edgar and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A stunningly rendered novel\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly on Edgar and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Perrotta, bestselling author of The Leftovers, on Edgar and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This tale gradually exerts a fiendish grip on the reader.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, on Edgar and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I tore through the luminous pages of \u003cem\u003eEdgar and Lucy\u003c\/em\u003e as if possessed…What this book has to say about love and truth will stay with me for a very, very long time.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love this book. Profoundly spiritual and hilariously specific...an unusual and intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder and terror of both child and parenthood with an uncanny clarity.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLena Dunham, bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\/\/\/ Praise for \u003cem\u003eEdgar and Lucy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On every page Lodato's prose sings with a robust, openhearted wit, making Edgar \u0026amp; Lucy a delight to read...Lodato keeps us in his thrall because his grip on the tiller stays reassuringly firm. Not to mention the supporting cast he's gathered, a group so eclectic and beguiling that many of them could carry an entire novel of their own. A riveting and exuberant ride.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia D'Aprix-Sweeney, New York Times Book Review, on Edgar and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wonder-filled and magisterial...Lodato's skill as a poet manifests itself on every page, delighting with such elegant similes and incisive descriptions…His skill as a playwright shines in every piece of dialogue…And his skill as a fiction writer displays itself in his virtuoso command of point of view. The book pushes the boundaries of beauty.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune on Edgar and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890609385701,"sku":"NP9780063309616","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063309616.jpg?v=1730233683","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/honey-a-novel-isbn-9780063309616","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}