A Better World by Sarah Langan Hardcover Book

Description: A Better World by Sarah Langan For fans of Nightbitch and While No One Is Watching, comes "one of the best books this year, or any year" (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World)--a disturbing dystopian thrillfest about a woman moving to a glittering town of the future, whose investigation of a local tragedy puts a target on her back. Youll be safe here. Thats what the tour guide promises Dr. Linda Farmer and her family when they move to Plymouth Valley. Sure, the locals are privileged hot house flowers who observe a weird religion Hollow, but the schools are blue ribbon, the airs clean, the foods fantastic, and Lindas out of options. With the outside world in shambles, this move is her familys last chance. Linda, her husband, and their teen twins work hard to fit in, accommodating their square peg personalities into rounded holes. It works at first--the family rise up, gaining acceptance from the powerful elite. Then Linda encounters Gal Parker, a hot mess of a woman, whose wife has abandoned her and whose kids are sick. One terrible night, Gal commits an unthinkable act. All of Plymouth Valley turns on Gal, refusing to speak her name. But Linda cant stop wondering: what would drive a woman to do something so awful? The more she learns, the more frightened she becomes. A clock is ticking, too--before the Plymouth Valley Winter Festival, Lindas got to figure out: should she and her family be fighting to stay, or fighting their way out? A heart-poundingly ruthless dissection of wealth, power, and privilege, A Better World is "more terrifying with every turn of the page" (Booklist, starred review) from a writer who "never ceases to amaze" (Gillian Flynn). FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Sarah Langan, a Columbia MFA graduate and three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, is the author of several novels including A Better World and Good Neighbors. Shes got an MS in environmental health science, grew up on Long Island, and she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. Find out more at SarahLangan.com. Review "A potent cocktail of horror, suspense and thriller, A Better World is a cautionary tale of a familys sacrifice gone wrong and a high-water mark in the career of a novelist whos already won three Bram Stoker Awards. My only warning: Dont start this book on a school night. Beware the sacrifice!"--LA TimesPraise for Good Neighbors "Ah, sinkholes. So random, so terrifying, they turn neighborhoods into oozing wounds--especially when grievances fester angrily underneath the surface. Sarah Langan plumbs these literal and metaphorical depths as they rip apart a once-bucolic suburb in her disturbing and mordantly funny new novel, Good Neighbors, a departure and an extension of her early horror fiction." --Sarah Weinman, New York Times Book Review "One of the creepiest, most unnerving deconstructions of American suburbia Ive ever read. Langan cuts to the heart of upper middle class lives like a skilled surgeon." --NPR "A modern-day Crucible, Good Neighbors brilliantly explores the ease with which a careless word can wreak havoc and the terrifying power of mob mentality. Beneath the surface of a suburban utopia, madness lurks. The veneer of civility among close neighbors disguises hypocrisy, envy, and hatred. Langan deftly unveils the psychology behind her characters actions with blistering prose and spot-on depictions. She is a writer to watch!" --Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish "Good Neighbors is a wickedly funny, unnerving puzzle box of a novel. Sarah Langan has a delightfully twisted sensibility." --Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will "In Sarah Langans amazing, riveting Good Neighbors, we sift through the wreckage of a neighborhood, trying to make sense of the violence and hidden darkness of a small community in the aftermath of disaster. Langan is an inventive, confident writer, with such a sharp sense of humor, and she so deftly handles the complex ways in which we find ourselves inextricably linked to each other, how little it takes to push us over the edge. A chilling, compulsively readable novel that looks toward the future in order to help us understand how we live now." --Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here "Sarah Langan is a phenomenal talent with a wicked sense of wry humor. Good Neighbors knocked me out. Like Shirley Jacksons novels, Langans work blends a bleak streak with an underlying sense of the humane that wrung my heart." --Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling "Good Neighbors was such a fun read--fun in a brilliant, twisted, dark, compulsive-reading kind of way! I loved the structure of it, with the little hints Langan threw my way about the Maple Street Murders--I just had to keep reading, because I had to know what happened. She is so good at showing how the idle gossip of suburbia can turn darker, malevolent, and downright dangerous. Wonderful stuff!" --Claire Fuller, author of Bitter Orange "You have to read Good Neighbors. Through Langans gift for mood and setting, I was absolutely transported to Maple Street--I feel like I lived in this book, walked in it, dreamed in it. The characters were strikingly real and I was utterly invested in their individual journeys. All of it--the characters, the setting, the sinkhole, the heat--made this book the masterpiece that it is. Real and sad and almost painfully moving, Good Neighbors is a novel I will never forget." --Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Mother-in-Law "Good Neighbors is a riveting critique of American suburbia. Langan deftly confronts social mores and beliefs as she tears all the ugliness down to make something dangerous and beautiful. The monsters of Maple Street have never been so us." --Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World "In the wonderfully inventive Good Neighbors, Sarah Langan takes her readers on a wild ride through suburbia. As sinkholes open and rumors rise, I couldnt stop turning the pages to find out what new terrible event would befall these fascinating characters, each with a secret sorrow. A gripping read." --Margot Livesey, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy and The Boy in the Field "A brilliant story. I was completely absorbed by the world Sarah Langan created. The interspersing of the media excerpts was inspired and my interest was piqued and then my assumptions were blown away by the end. I even felt a little sorry for the monster that is Rhea. Clever, arresting and thought-provoking, Good Neighbors gripped hold of me like the best kind of thriller." --Melanie Golding, author of Little Darlings "Theres a monster in each of us, in all of us, and theres a sinkhole in our hearts, too. Good Neighbors will walk you right up to the lip of that cavity, and make you look in, at your own monstrousness." --Stephen Graham Jones, acclaimed author of The Only Good Indians "A creepy standout for readers who want an extra kick to their suburban dramas." --Booklist (starred review) "An incredibly dark (and surprisingly fun) page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews "Where the hell has Sarah Langan been? Because she suddenly pops up again after being MIA for eleven years and shotguns everyone in the face with an all-American horror novel about friendships--deep, shallow, toxic, true--thats unpredictable enough to make every page-turn stomach-crampingly stressful." --Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires "Witty dialogue abounds, and Langan sets up an ambitious structure by incorporating tabloid excerpts of the Wildes past and studies of the sinkhole published in the future. This sharp, propulsive novel pulls off a maximalist variation on suburban gossip gone wrong." --Publishers Weekly "[A] mesmerizing novel. . . . A must-read from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author (shes known for her horror stories) that offers both page-turning suspense and brilliant social commentary." --AARP: "Winter Fiction Preview: 20 Novels for 2021" "Langan weaves interviews and news clips into her tightly written, fast-paced narrative, conveying the infectious spread and mutation of stories goaded by media sensationalism and attention-seeking neighbors. As gossip and rumors swell and proliferate, the stakes grow exponentially as well. The richly complex main characters reveal flawed pasts and duplicitous natures as the story transforms into a witch hunt. . . . Intricate and edgy, Good Neighbors is a descent into depraved suburban drama, perfect for fans of Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca and Stephen King-style thrills." --BookPage"Perfectly constructed social horror with emotional heft. A Rorschach test of all our modern fears anchored by the honest, human, heroic characters at the heart of it. A brilliant piece of writing."--Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor "An apocalyptic thriller that becomes more terrifying with every turn of the page."--Booklist, starred review "In the near-future world where Bram Stoker Award winner Langan sets this ambitious thriller, climate disaster and rampant crime have transformed life into a struggle for survival [...] Blending suspense, tragedy, and flashes of comedy, Langan keeps her cards close to the vest as the Farmer-Bowens perfect escape morphs into a sinister trap. This deeply disturbing tale will keep readers up at night."--Publishers Weekly"A five-minutes-into-the-future dystopian satire thats so sharp and bloodthirsty you might think of Harvest Home as reimagined by Ira Levin. But the wit and empathy and thrumming cosmic dread are all pure Sarah Langan. It is, indeed, a better world with books like this out there."--Nat Cassidy, bestselling author of Nestlings and Mary: An Awakening of Terror"A woman in a troubled marriage moves to a perfect town riddled with secrets, and starts to question everything. Part dystopian horror, part domestic thriller, with a core of wry social commentary, A Better World is gripping literary fiction at its finest." --Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes"When my sister asked me to recommend a novel for her to read at the hospital while she was giving birth, I suggested a book by Sarah Langan. While her dark, unsettling novels rooted in familial and community dysfunction might not seem like the most obvious choice of reading material for an expectant mother, her books are compelling enough to distract you from everything going on around you (including labor pains!) and, at the same time, so sensitively attuned to the delicacies of character that they leave you with a deeper understanding of the relationships in your life that matter most. A Better World is a fearless, frightening, yet strangely reassuring book that takes a pitiless look at the world were building for our children--and then introduces us to a family doing its best to navigate that terrifying world with love, compassion, creativity, and humor. I loved it, and if my sister decides to bring another child into this rapidly disintegrating planet, I know exactly what book Ill recommend she take with her to the delivery room."--Kristen Roupenian, author of Cat Person and Other Stories"A Better World is truly fantastic. A moving portrait of a woman trying to save her family in a poisoned world. Mordant wit, insightful social commentary, and so much heart, Sarah Langan has written a gloriously humane novel."--Victor LaValle"A chilling, heartbreaking exploration of our modern psyche. Sarah Langan has never been better or more insightful. Theres more than one way to sell your soul, and Langan knows them all."--Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones and The House of Last Resort"Sarah Langan never ceases to amaze: A Better World is terrifying, shocking, sinister . . . and yet heartfelt and often hilarious. Langan has created a United States of the future that feels darkly recognizable--a depository of our current fears about environment, government, health. Her bright, shiny, twisted little town of tomorrow, Plymouth Valley, is a dark, thrilling indictment on the choices we make today." --Gillian Flynn"Suspenseful, scathing, simultaneously deeply disturbing and wildly funny. . . . A delicious skewering of the Anthropocene and our desperation for beautification at whatever cost. I couldnt put it down."--Julia Fine, author of Maddalena and the Dark and The Upstairs House Details ISBN1982191066 Author Sarah Langan Publisher Simon & Schuster Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781982191061 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-04-09 Imprint Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Audience General US Release Date 2024-04-09 Pages 368 DEWEY 813.6 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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