What It's Like in Words: A Novel

An intoxicating debut that asks: how much should you have to sacrifice in the name of love?

Enola is almost thirty and she’s not quite where she thought she’d be. She wants to be a writer but can’t finish a first draft; she romanticizes her childhood while being estranged from her family; and she yearns to be someone’s other half in order to feel whole.

When an enigmatic, successful writer infiltrates her writing group, Enola falls hopelessly in love, dreaming about their perfect future. But ...