Gravity Is the Thing A Novel
Gravity Is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty is a novel published by HarperCollins on July 23, 2019, featuring 416 pages in English. This work marks the adult debut of the acclaimed young adult author and presents a humorous and insightful exploration of a single mother’s quest for understanding in the wake of personal loss. The story centers on Abigail Sorenson, whose brother Robert vanished just before her sixteenth birthday, leaving a profound impact on her life. Throughout the years, she has received mysterious chapters from an anonymous self-help manual, the Guidebook, which has provided her with a unique perspective amid her family’s grief and her own transitions.
In this edition, readers will follow Abi as she embarks on an all-expenses-paid retreat to uncover the truth behind the Guidebook, intertwining her search for answers about her brother’s disappearance with her journey toward self-discovery. The narrative delves into themes of family life and the complexities of personal relationships, all while maintaining a humorous tone. Gravity Is the Thing invites readers to reflect on the connections between life’s mysteries and the pursuit of happiness, offering a blend of wit and emotional depth that characterizes Moriarty’s writing.
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The adult debut from bestselling, award-winning young adult author Jaclyn Moriarty—a frequently hilarious, brilliantly observed novel in the spirit of Maria Semple, Rainbow Rowell, and Gail Honeyman—that follows a single mother’s heartfelt search for greater truths about the universe, her family and herself.
Twenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson’s brother Robert went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday, never to be seen again. That same year, she began receiving scattered chapters in the mail of a self-help manual, the Guidebook, whose anonymous author promised to make her life soar to heights beyond her wildest dreams.
The Guidebook’s missives have remained a constant in Abi’s life—a befuddling yet oddly comforting voice through her family’s grief over her brother’s disappearance, a move across continents, the devastating dissolution of her marriage, and the new beginning as a single mother and café owner in Sydney.
Now, two decades after receiving those first pages, Abi is invited to an all-expenses paid weekend retreat to learn “the truth” about the Guidebook. It’s an opportunity too intriguing to refuse. If Everything is Connected, then surely the twin mysteries of the Guidebook and a missing brother must be linked?
What follows is completely the opposite of what Abi expected––but it will lead her on a journey of discovery that will change her life––and enchant readers. Gravity Is the Thing is a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel about the search for happiness that will break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together, bigger and better than before.
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