
All Fours
A Novel
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Narrateur(s):
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Miranda July
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Miranda July
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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 10 FICTION BOOKS OF 2024
ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
THE NEW YORKER ● VOGUE ● FINANCIAL TIMES ● OPRAH DAILY ● VULTURE ● VOX
The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life
“A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect . . . nothing short of riveting.” —Vogue
“All Fours has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom. . . . It’s the talk of every group text."—The New York Times
“All Fours possessed me. I picked it up and neglected my life until the last page, and then I started begging every woman I know to read it as soon as possible.” —The Cut
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey.
Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.
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“An irreverent and brilliantly touching story of a woman’s quest for freedom.”—Oprah Daily
"Atmospheric, sexy and totally unexpected."—People Magazine
“July’s candor, her fearlessness, in describing the unwieldy emotional and biological nuances of this time of life is refreshing...reading her new novel, as a so-called woman of a certain age, I felt seen in a way that is rare. It was invigorating.”—Wall Street Journal
There is a lot of sexual description and yet it’s not at all pornography. It’s intended to shock and titillate, but not to arouse. The protagonist makes her choices selfishly, but she is keenly aware of that. Nonetheless She is always concerned for her child and happy to expand her family to ensure they are well cared for. And she makes these decisions for the sake of her sanity and her life, to live her truth (whether or not she tells the truth), make her art and listen to the whims of her adventuring soul….To continue to create and fully explore an ever evolving life with all its pain and beauty. Her only alternative was death. And yet somehow the author manages to make it bizarrely entertaining and laugh out loud funny. Genius.
Revelations and risks of the spiritual adventurer
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Brilliant
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A story about freedom and change
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…not for me
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Dancing!
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So relatable
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Just WOW
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Beyond that, the subject matter just wasn’t relatable to me, which might have been fine if the storyline itself was engaging—but it wasn’t. The pacing dragged, and I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, only to be met with more tedious introspection.
I know a lot of people love this book, but for me, it was a struggle to get through. If you connect with the themes, maybe it hits differently, but I personally found it dull and overrated.
Unlikeable Main
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too weird of sex
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How whiny she is and so un grateful for the things she has
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