Wellness by Nathan Hill
Nathan Hill’s deliciously satirical novel is smart, wide ranging, and fun. College sweethearts Jack and Elizabeth are now 20 years into their marriage and find themselves in midlife malaise as they strive to parent their child, better themselves, and rediscover each other. It is at once catastrophic and the status quo, but Wellness never becomes either—the narratives of love and humanity are threaded through time with great mirth and care. I feel so seen, but in ways that lighten the load and lift us all.
—Melinda