Days of DistractionStartlingly original and deeply moving. Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers. George Saunders A Recommended Book From Buzzfeed * TIME * USA Today * NPR * Vanity Fair * The Washington Post * New York Magazine * O, the Oprah Magazine * Parade * Wired * Electric Literature * The Millions * San Antonio Express News * Domino * Kirkus A wry, tender portrait of a young womanfinally free to

old treacheries

Zimmer hesitates

Dust Tracks on a Road is a rare treasure from one of literature’s most cherished voices

and the community is consumed with fear

Joanna gets personally ensnared in a messy situation she’s assigned to write about for both papers: a wealthy seasonal resident sues the town for the right to use his private helicopter

In his book

there is no reset button

group’s sudden implosion in 2002

Shubha starts receiving letters with traditional Bengali recipes from a mysterious lady in Calcutta claiming to be her grandmother

A rare form of cancer was threatening not only his life but his family's future as well

and aging hippies-and it quickly becomes clear that he’s much more involved in the murder than an innocent man should be

It isn’t a dystopia