Honey A Novel
Honey A Novel by Victor Lodato, published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2024, is a 400-page exploration of family dynamics and personal transformation. The story centers on Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, who returns home to confront her tumultuous past. As she navigates her twilight years, Honey’s journey is marked by unexpected love and the resurfacing of old family tensions, challenging her notions of forgiveness and vengeance.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of Honey as a tenacious character, reminiscent of literary figures like Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge. The narrative delves into themes of family life, moral ambiguity, and the complexities of love, all while highlighting Honey’s fierce spirit. With elements of LGBTQ+ representation and a focus on personal reinvention, this novel presents a compelling look at the limits of compassion in a chaotic world.
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“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store….a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.” — Booklist
Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer’s Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past.
As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father’s circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in her family, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it’s hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants–to forgive or to avenge.
This electrifying literary breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change–a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?
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