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The author of the "evocative, spine-tingling, and razor-sharp" (Bustle) I'm Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the "short, shocking psychological three-hander" (The Guardian) Foe returns with a new work of philosophical suspense.
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many "incidents."

Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to paint again. But as the days start to blur together, Penny—with a growing sense of unrest and distrust—starts...]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:06:23 +0200 https://reference.library.land/iain-reid/605200-foe.html https://reference.library.land/iain-reid/605200-foe.html
A taut, psychological mind-bender from the bestselling author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things.
We don't get visitors. Not out here. We never have.

In Iain Reid's second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near-future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with alarming news: Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm...very far away. The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Henrietta won't have a chance to miss him, because she won't be left alone—not even for a moment. Henrietta will have company. Familiar company.

Told in Reid's sharp and evocative style, Foe examines the nature of domestic relationships, self-determination, and what it means to be (or not to be) a person. An eerily entrancing page-turner, it...]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:00:54 +0200 https://reference.library.land/iain-reid/242269-im_thinking_of_ending_things.html https://reference.library.land/iain-reid/242269-im_thinking_of_ending_things.html
"I'm Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut novels I've ever read. Iain Reid has crafted a tight, ferocious little book, with a persistent tenor of suspense that tightens and mounts toward its visionary, harrowing final pages" (Scott Heim, award-winning author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear).

You will be scared. But you won't know why...
I'm thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It's always there. Always.

Jake once said, "Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought."

And here's what I'm thinking: I don't want to be here.

In this deeply suspenseful and irresistibly unnerving debut novel, a man and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. When the two take an unexpected detour, she is left stranded in a deserted high...]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:02:24 +0200 https://reference.library.land/iain-reid/251665-the_truth_about_luck_what_i_learned_on_my_road_trip_with_grandma.html https://reference.library.land/iain-reid/251665-the_truth_about_luck_what_i_learned_on_my_road_trip_with_grandma.html
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A hilarious and heartwarming comic memoir about food, family, and finally growing up from a funny, original, and fresh new voice.]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:34:27 +0200