NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH\'S BOOK CLUB PICK - The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together.
In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other..
For the first time, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families.
Fast-forward twenty years to suburban married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter the often-baffling pursuits of health and happiness from polyamorous would-be suitors to home-renovation hysteria. --NPR When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the gritty \'90s Chicago art scene, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in the thriving underground scene with an appreciative kindred spirit.
A stunning novel about the stories that we tell about our lives and our loves, and how we sustain relationships throughout time--it\'s beyond remarkable, both funny and heartbreaking, sometimes on the same page.
Mining the absurdities of contemporary society, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH\'S BOOK CLUB PICK - The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together