Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop is an American writer.

She was born in New York City in 1979. She attended Harvard University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in 2001, with a B.A. in English and American Literature and Language. She earned an M.F.A. degree in fiction from the University of California at Irvine in 2004, where she was the recipient of the Schaffer Writing Fellowship.

In addition to her novels, she has written short fiction for Wind, The Evansville Review, The Missouri Review, The Red Rock Review, and Indiana Review. She lives and works in Savannah, Georgia.

Novels:
-Fireworks (2006)
-December (2008)
-The Why of Things (2013)

From the back page
A bittersweet tale of grief and renewal - the exhilarating debut of an exceptionally gifted young writer

Hollis Clayton is in trouble. Still haunted by his small son's death, stalled in his writing career and over fond of the bottle, he finds himself abandoned by his wife for the summer - or, if he doesn't shape up, for good. But without his emotional anchor, Hollis continues to unravel. Besides, he's busy spying on the neighbours and sharing his meals with a stray dog. When is he going to find the time to get his life back on track

Here, in the daily rhythms of Hollis's disintegrating life, lies an evisceratingly comic portrait of suburban despair. With this deeply affecting tale of grief and renewal, Elizabeth H. Winthrop makes a striking debut.

This one is off in the 3kg Aussie Bookbag that I am starting off.

Arrived in a book bag from Billbooks, on to Mt TBR it goes.

Oh dear, Hollis, the main character, annoyed me so much I couldn't read past page 32. I shall release it soon and hopefully it will seek out a more appreciative reader.

Will release this on to the BC shelves.

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