“A fierce, funny, and consistently surprising exploration of friend-ship, bankruptcy, motherhood, and that slippery thing we call privilege”

—Leslie Jamison, author of Make It Scream, Make It Burn

“Furious, aching, and razor sharp, Want is a beautiful book.”

—Emma Cline, New York Times bestselling

author of The Girls

“[Lynn Steger Strong’s] biggest triumph is the transmission of consciousness . . . There is much anxiety and ache to be found here—but also, when it is most needed, radiance, humor, love, and joy.”

—The New Yorker