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**For fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, *Among the Ten Thousand Things* is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost.** * * * Jack Shanley is a well-known New York artist, charming and vain, who doesn’t mean to plunge his family into crisis. His wife, Deb, gladly left behind a difficult career as a dancer to raise the two children she adores. In the ensuing years, she has mostly avoided coming face-to-face with the weaknesses of the man she married. But then an anonymously sent package arrives in the mail: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling Jack’s secret life. The package is addressed to Deb, but it’s delivered into the wrong hands: her children’s. With this vertiginous opening begins a debut that is by turns funny, wise, and indescribably moving. As the Shanleys spin apart into separate orbits, leaving New York in an attempt to regain their bearings, fifteen-year-old Simon feels the allure of adult freedoms for the first time, while eleven-year-old Kay wanders precariously into a grown-up world she can’t possibly understand. Writing with extraordinary precision, humor, and beauty, Julia Pierpont has crafted a timeless, hugely enjoyable novel about the bonds of family life—their brittleness, and their resilience. **Advance praise for *Among the Ten Thousand Things*** “This book is one of the funniest and most emotionally honest I’ve read in a long time.” **—Jonathan Safran Foer** “Remarkable . . . Pierpont displays not only wisdom, but real tact as a writer, knowing how much to say, how much to leave out, how much to imply.” **—Colm Tóibín** “Every page of this gorgeous novel contains such joys that you won’t want to stop reading for anything.” **—J. Courtney Sullivan** “Poignant, surprising, and fiercely intelligent, *Among the Ten Thousand Things* is about the sturdiness and tremendous delicacy of the bonds between parents and children. Don’t miss this powerful debut.” **—Megan Abbott** “A vicious and enchanting portrait of a fragmenting family that will leave you hungry for whatever Julia Pierpont does next.” **—Courtney Maum** “Sharply observed and deeply illuminating, *Among the Ten Thousand Things* marks the beginning of what is sure to be a brilliant career.” **—Elliott Holt** “Why aren’t there more first or second or seventh novels like *Among the Ten Thousand Things*? That’s what I asked myself as I read—actually, devoured—Julia Pierpont’s debut. My conclusion: Very few writers, at any point in their lives, can produce prose of the sort you’ll find here.” **—Sean Wilsey** “ *Among the Ten Thousand Things* succeeds in being both heartbreaking and funny: It’s a wry, sly look at a privileged New York upbringing and the ultimate loneliness at the heart of it.” **—Mary Gordon** “The perennial theme of marital infidelity is given a brisk, insightful, and sophisticated turn in Pierpont’s impressive debut. . . . This novel leaves an indelible portrait of lives blown off course.” **— *Publishers Weekly* (starred review) ** “A treat for fans of Jonathan Franzen, Jami Attenberg, and Emma Straub . . . shows off an exciting new voice on the literary landscape.” **— *Library Journal* (starred review)**

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