The New People

The New People is a riveting story of precarity and privilege, told with great tenderness and imagination by a master storyteller. I loved reading about the intertwined lives of these two couples as they struggle to find sources of love and resilience in a world shifting beneath their feet. Andrea Uptmor has written the novel of the affordability crisis. A timely, propulsive, and big-hearted debut – Bruce Holsinger, author of Culpability
Although this page-turner’s premise revolves around a unique living situation, the heart of this book is about marriage: what it is, what it has been, and what it can be … Uptmor skillfully weaves Charlotte and Emma’s perspectives to both mirror and conflict with each other. Recommend this debut to anyone interested in the micro-interactions that can make or break a relationship * Booklist (starred review) *
Uptmor’s assured debut takes on the real estate woes of the Great Recession and the hurdles faced by a nontraditional family in a conservative town. In Emma’s and Charlotte’s alternating story lines, Uptmor offers perceptive insights into the women’s feelings of inadequacy and exclusion. This weighty novel will move readers * Publishers Weekly *
Andrea Uptmor’s The New People is a delicate exploration of humanity in all its forms, touching on infertility, addiction, grief, and love with real awareness and pathos – Loretta Rothschild, bestselling author of Finding Grace
This is a book of wonders…With its suspenseful story, the novel tells us about people who live in hiding, and how we live or try to live now, visibly or invisibly. Its characters and their secrets will stay with you long after you turn the last page – Charles Baxter, author of Blood Test
Andrea Uptmor’s The New People is centered on two of the most pressing questions we face as human beings: where and with whom do we feel at home? A deeply tender, spirit-lifting portrait of what happens when we lose the things we think define us and discover that we are made of oh so much more – Heather Aimee O’Neill, author of The Irish Goodbye

Andrea Uptmor received her MFA in fiction at the University of Minnesota, and her short fiction has been published in McSweeney’s, PANK, and The Masters Review, among others. She lives in the Chicago area with her family.

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