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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK "The story of relationships built and broken, mistakes inherited and repeated, and the beauty of trying again....already one of the year's best." -People Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her future in-laws' lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a young doctor with a brilliant life ahead of him. Charlie has asked Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, though Cece can't imagine anyone more ill-suited for the task--an airport baggage handler haunted by a tragedy from his and Charlie's shared past. But as Cece spends time with Garrett, his gruff mask slips, and she grows increasingly uncertain about her future. And why does Garrett, after meeting Cece, begin to feel, well, human again? As a contagious stomach flu threatens to scuttle the wedding, and Charlie and Garrett's friendship is put to the ultimate test, Cece must decide between the life she's dreamed of and a life she's never imagined. The events of that summer have long-lasting repercussions, not only on the three friends caught in its shadow but also on their children, who struggle to escape their parents' story. Spanning fifty years and set against the backdrop of a rapidly warming Montana, Dream State explores what it means to live with the mistakes of the past--both our own and the ones we've inherited. Written with humor, precision, and enormous heart, both a love letter and an elegy to the American West, Dream State is a thrillingly ambitious ode to the power of friendship, the weird weather of marriage, and the beauty of impermanence.

Includes a new story, "Body Language"! Now in paperback, Eric Puchner's celebrated debut collection, a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, established him as one of our most brilliant and promising new literary voices. Writing from an impressive range of perspectives -- men and women, children and adults, immigrants and tourists -- Puchner deftly exposes the dark, tender undersides of his characters with arresting beauty and precision. Here are people fumbling for identity in a dehumanizing world, captured in moments that are hilarious, shocking, and transcendent, sometimes all at once. Unfailingly true, surprisingly moving, and impossible to forget, these stories make up an extraordinary and strikingly original collection.

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Dream State, a debut novel that is a wildly funny, heartbreaking, and thoroughly original portrait of an American family. Warren Ziller moved his family to Southern California in search of a charmed life, and to all appearances, he found it: a gated community not far from the beach, amid the affluent splendor of the 1980s. But the Zillers' American dream is about to be rudely interrupted. Warren has squandered their savings on a bad real estate investment, which he conceals from his wife, Camille, who misreads his secrecy as a sign of an affair. Their children, Dustin, Lyle, and Jonas, have grown as distant as satellites, too busy with their own betrayals and rebellions to notice their parents' distress. When tragedy strikes, the Zillers are forced to move to Warren's abandoned housing development in the desert. In this comically bleak new home, each must reckon with what's led them there and who's to blame--and whether they can summon the forgiveness needed to hold the family together. \With penetrating insights into modern life and an uncanny eye for everyday absurdities, Eric Puchner delivers a brilliant first novel.

?? THE BOOK OF THE SUMMER ??An Oprah's Book Club Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller'The Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style, Summer Reading'Moving, funny and utterly engrossing' Sunday Times, Five Reads for the Beach'I can't think of another book I have annotated so heavily, underlining phrases on almost every page' The Times'[A] brilliantly panoramic tale of family ties... Puchner tells his tale so compellingly, so engagingly, with such warmth and humor, that it's not until you set the book down that you can appreciate the brilliance of what he's done' Guardian'A sprawling page-turner' Grazia, Summer Reads'I love a slightly oversized American novel, one that's going to take you on a journey' Times Radio'A totally involving and moving literary page-turner' Clare Chambers, author of Shy CreaturesCece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws' beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a cardiac anaesthesiologist with a brilliant future.When Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, Cece can't imagine anyone less appropriate for the task. After all, Garrett, a depressed baggage handler at the local airport, doesn't believe in marriage. But as she spends time with him and his gruff mask slips, she grows increasingly uncertain about her future, leading to an impulsive decision that will alter the three friends' lives forever - the events of that summer reverberating across fifty years and spanning generations.More praise for Dream State'The kind of book you don't want to put down' Oprah Winfrey'A transporting wonder... A rare pleasure' Ron Charles, Washington Post'As funny as it is devastating... I haven't been this dazzled by a novel in a long time' Lit Hub'Expansive... explores how we might make meaning of our existence in the face of escalating loss' New Yorker'I loved Dream State. I did not stop reading it for three days straight' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Dream State, a riveting and profoundly moving story collection by a writer "uncannily in tune with the heartbreak and absurdity of domestic life" (Los Angeles Times). A boy on the edge of adolescence fears his mother might be a robot; a psychotically depressed woman is entrusted with taking her niece and nephew trick-or-treating; a reluctant dad brings his baby to a debaucherous party; a teenage boy tries to prevent his mother from putting his estranged father's dogs to sleep. Ranging from a youth arts camp to an aging punk band's reunion tour, from a dystopian future where parents no longer exist to a ferociously independent bookstore, Last Day on Earth revolves around the endlessly complex, frequently surreal system that is family. Eric Puchner, hailed as "technically gifted and emotionally insightful" (The New York Times Book Review), and someone who "puts the story back in short story" (San Francisco Chronicle), delivers a gloriously original, utterly memorable collection that evokes both the comedy and tragedy of our lifelong endeavor to come of age.

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Dream State, an extraordinary debut collection of nine unforgettable stories--strikingly original, fiercely funny, and quietly heartbreaking--portraying a group of misfits attempting to navigate mainstream America.Writing from an impressive range of perspectives--men and women, children and adults, immigrants and tourists--Puchner deftly exposes the dark, tender undersides of his characters with arresting beauty and precision. Here are people fumbling for identity in a dehumanizing world, captured in moments that are hilarious, shocking, and transcendent, sometimes all at once. Unfailingly true, surprisingly moving, and impossible to forget, these stories make up an extraordinary and strikingly original collection.

? An Oprah's Book Club pick ? An instant New York Times bestseller ? A Book of the Year for The Times and Guardian ? One of the 12 best books of 2025 for BBC Culture 'The Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style 'Moving, funny and utterly engrossing' Sunday Times 'A book to lose yourself into' Guardian 'I did not stop reading it for three days straight' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws' beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a cardiac anaesthesiologist with a brilliant future. When Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, Cece can't imagine anyone less appropriate for the task. After all, Garrett, a depressed baggage handler at the local airport, doesn't believe in marriage. But as she spends time with him and his gruff mask slips, she grows increasingly uncertain about her future, leading to an impulsive decision that will alter the three friends' lives forever - the events of that summer reverberating across fifty years and spanning generations. More praise for Dream State 'The kind of book you don't want to put down' Oprah Winfrey 'A sprawling page-turner' Grazia 'A totally involving and moving literary page-turner' Clare Chambers, author of Shy Creatures 'A transporting wonder... A rare pleasure' Ron Charles, Washington Post 'I can't think of another book I have annotated so heavily, underlining phrases on almost every page' The Times '[A] brilliantly panoramic tale of family ties... Puchner tells his tale so compellingly, so engagingly, with such warmth and humor, that it's not until you set the book down that you can appreciate the brilliance of what he's done' Guardian 'As funny as it is devastating... I haven't been this dazzled by a novel in a long time' Lit Hub 'Expansive... explores how we might make meaning of our existence in the face of escalating loss' New Yorker '[W]hat begins as a high-stakes love triangle tale transforms into an engrossing family saga, spanning 50 years. The magnetic pull between the three characters is enough to sustain a third plotline: the devastating effect of climate change on Montana and the life they have built there.' Sunday Times 'I love a slightly oversized American novel, one that's going to take you on a journey' Times Radio