'Wellness' is a perfect novel for our age, its profound sadness tempered with humor
Nathan Hill's stunning new novel about the stories we tell about our lives and our loves, and how we sustain relationships throughout time, is both funny and heartbreaking, sometimes on the same page.
by Michael Schaub
Sep 20, 2023
3 minutes
In an early scene in Wellness, the new novel from Nathan Hill, married couple Jack and Elizabeth are arguing over the plans for the condominium they're designing — a dream home, one that would provide more space for them and their son, Toby, than their current cramped apartment. Jack wants cabinets in the kitchen, but Elizabeth favors open shelves. Jack demonstrates his objection by opening one of their present cabinets, which precipitates a cascade of Tupperware falling onto the floor.
"If we had open
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