FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS\' TRUST FICTION PRIZE A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK The perfect next read for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh and George Saunders, an electrifying debut about a woman who is transformed into a real life "flesh-and-blood Wailing Wall" as strangers unburden their sins to her at every turn.
She lives in Vancouver..
Excerpts from The Beguiling , her debut novel, have appeared in The Walrus , SubTerrin , and Maisonneuve .
Zsuzsi has been on the faculty of UBC\'s Creating Writing MFA program and many of the Banff Centre\'s writing programs, and is the founder and director of Writers Adventure Camp in Whistler, BC.
She is also the editor of the award-winning fiction anthology Darwin\'s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow .
Her fiction has been widely anthologized, broadcast on CBC and NPR, and won numerous prizes, including a 2016 National Magazine Award.
About author(s): ZSUZSI Gartner is the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author of two widely acclaimed story collections, Better Living Through Plastic Explosives and All the Anxious Girls on Earth .
Weaving together tales of errant mothers, vengeful plants, canine wisdom, and murder, this electrifying debut novel lays bare the sacrifices some are willing to make to get what they think they desire.
With ruthless wit and dizzying energy, The Beguiling explores blessings and curses, sainthood and sin, mortality and guilt in all its guises.
She clutches at alarming synchronicities and seeks meaning from the strangers\' stories, wondering why they seem connected to each other and eerily echo elements of her own life.
As the confessions pile up, Lucy begins to wonder if Zoltán\'s death was as random and unscripted as it appeared.
Lucy finds herself addicted to these dark stories, craving hit after hit.
Afterwards, Lucy becomes a magnet for the unshriven, and she\'s transformed into a self-described "flesh-and-blood Wailing Wall" as strangers unburden themselves to her.
Lucy is a lapsed Catholic whose adolescent pretensions to sainthood are unexpectedly revived following the disturbing deathbed confession of her cousin Zoltán.
FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS\' TRUST FICTION PRIZE A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK The perfect next read for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh and George Saunders, an electrifying debut about a woman who is transformed into a real life "flesh-and-blood Wailing Wall" as strangers unburden their sins to her at every turn
