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American storytelling at its eraspanning best An immersive multilayered portrait of a marriage Nathan Hills followup to The Nix is a work of quiet genius The Observer

The incredible scope of this dazzlingly detailed stateofthenation satire almost defies description Brilliant doesnt begin to describe it but Ill say it anyway Daily Mail

I doubt Ill enjoy many books this year as much as Wellness The Times

An Oprahs Book Club Pick

A powerfully affecting novel about how we change grow and age Wellness is a story of marriage middle age our techobsessed health culture and the bonds that keep people together

When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the 90s the two quickly join forces and hold on tight each eager to claim a place in Chicagos thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit Fastforward twenty years to married life and the nolongeryouthful dreamers are forced to face their demons from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families In the process Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate personal excavations or risk losing the best thing in their lives each other

Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria Wellness mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound startling truths about intimacy and connection In this followup to Nathan Hills electric debut The Nix Wellness reimagines the love story with healthy doses of insight irony and heart