April May June July

“An astounding, hopeful, and utterly unputdownable novel. Through characters who sparkle and dazzle, who you can’t help but love and root for, Hart tells a compassionate and show-stopping story exploring what it means to begin again, to embrace joy and connection in a painful world. April May June July is a triumph.”–Marisa Crane, author of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

“April May June July truly is a great American novel. It does the very best of what fiction can do: sink us into other people’s lives, show us new worlds, make our hearts pound and our breath catch as we turn page after page to find out what happens next. It is superb.”–Julia Phillips, author of National Book Award finalist Disappearing Earth

“What do we owe to the people who shaped us after we’ve grown apart? In Alison B. Hart’s astonishing novel about one missing father and four twisted hearts, past and present collide for an American family, asking us to consider what it would take to mend our most broken parts.”–Mira Jacob, bestselling author of Good Talk

“A compelling, engaging look at a family falling apart and coming back together.”–Booklist

“Beautifully crafted… a captivating and important novel.” –Shelf Awareness

Alison B. Hart is the author of The Work Wife and April May June July. Her writing has appeared in Joyland Magazine, Literary Hub, The Missouri Review, and The Millions, among others. She co-founded the long-running reading series at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn and received her MFA from The New School. She grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in North Carolina.