All Fours

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A semi-famous artist sets off on a cross-country drive from LA to New York but quickly veers off course, sparking a journey of self-discovery and transformation. Miranda July’s novel explores a woman’s pursuit of freedom through unexpected choices and reinvention.

A witty and daring exploration of intimacy, identity, and reinvention in midlife.

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 and the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2025, this novel has also been a bestseller on both the Sunday Times and New York Times lists. Recognized as a National Book Award finalist and featured as a BBC Two Between the Covers pick, it has been celebrated as a Best Summer Reading selection by The Times, Daily Mail, Financial Times, and The Guardian. Additionally, it earned 2024 Book of the Year honors from BBC Radio 4’s Open Book, The Observer, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, Grazia, Hero, I-D, Nylon, Vulture, Readings, and Kirkus Reviews.

In All Fours, a semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive from Los Angeles to New York. However, just thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child behind, she impulsively exits the freeway, checks into an unremarkable motel, and begins a temporary reinvention that unfolds into a profound journey. Miranda July’s second novel showcases her unique storytelling style, blending sharp humor, impeccable comic timing, and a fearless curiosity about human connection.

This story captures one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom, mixing absurd entertainment with a tender reimagining of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist. All Fours defies expectations and challenges our ideas about living life as a woman, as July masterfully transforms the familiar into something fresh, thrilling, and deeply alive.

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