Dream State

An Oprah's Book Club Pick

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Harry Hartog's review

An immersion into the complex world of Cece, Charlie, and Garrett, Puchner’s story shines with strong characterisation and stunning prose, making it unforgettable. Now a quintessential summer read, it overflows with vivid scenery that evokes a longing for summer days by a lake, picking fresh berries on balmy afternoons. This exploration of friendship, parenthood, the impact of our choices, and climate change left me devastated. From the beginning, this tale set in Northwest Montana captivated me completely, following me everywhere—to and from places and waiting on station platforms. It had me laughing out loud, startling strangers, and unable to hold back tears at midnight as I neared the end. Super memorable and a must-read! - Asra, Harry Hartog Macquarie



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'A decade-spanning epic'

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'Gorgeous... It's being hailed by some as the next great American novel'

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'I loved Dream State. I did not stop reading it for three days straight'

JESSIE BURTON, author of The House of Fortune and The Miniaturist

'A book of tears, laughter, longing, regrets and filled to the brim with life . . . a wonder'

ANDREW SEAN GREER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less

'Dream State delivers everything I want in a novel'

ELIN HILDERBRAND, author of The Perfect Couple

'A masterpiece'

ADAM JOHNSON, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son

Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws' beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a cardiac anaesthesiologist with a brilliant future.

When Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, Cece can't imagine anyone less appropriate for the task. After all, Garrett, a depressed baggage handler at the local airport, doesn't believe in marriage. But as she spends time with him and his gruff mask slips, she grows increasingly uncertain about her future, leading to an impulsive decision that will alter the three friends' lives forever - the events of that summer reverberating across fifty years and spanning generations.

Simultaneously following in the tradition of the great American novel and reinventing it from within, Dream State is at once an elegy to the endangered West, a study of the unholy catastrophe of marriage and a tender ode to the enduring beauty of friendship.

ISBN:
9781399744133
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
448
Published:
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:
Sceptre
Weight:
540 g

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