The Brightness: the highly anticipated new novel from the acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding

The acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel.The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a larger world that won't stop changing. At 27, Pella’s life looks settled: she’s a recent college graduate, engaged to Mike, her longtime boyfriend, and helping her friend Owen pull off his own destination wedding on Block Island.But over that wild wedding weekend, Pella’s past and present collide spectacularly, blowing up her plans and sending her spiralling toward an unplanned future in New York City. There, in a city that’s equal parts glittering opportunity and cutthroat grit, Pella is forced to see herself in constantly changing lights as she wrestles with who she is and what she will become.As she cycles through possibilities and identities - is she an artist?A bartender? A scholar, a lover, a wife? - Pella navigates the heights and depths