Familiaris - An Oprah's Book Club Pick

''Impossibly wise, impossibly ambitious, impossibly beautiful'' Richard Russo Spring 1919, and John Sawtelle''s imagination has got him into trouble...again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin''s north woods, where they hope to make a fresh start - and to live a life of meaning, purpose, and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and it will take all their ingenuity, along with a few new friends - human, animal, and otherworldly - to realise their dreams. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, mysterious and enchanting, Familiaris takes readers on an unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory, through an epic midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog training program, examining the dynamics of love and friendship, the vexing nature of families, the universal desire to create something lasting and beautiful, and of course, the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris.

About the author

David Wroblewski is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, an Oprah Book Club pick, Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and winner of the Colorado Book Award, Indie Choice Best Author Discovery award, and the Midwest Bookseller Association's Choice award. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle has been translated into over twenty-five languages. He lives in Colorado with the writer Kimberly McClintock.

Product details

• Authors: David Wroblewski, Wroblewski David
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 03.07.2025
• EAN: 9780349147093
• ISBN: 978-0-349-14709-3
• No. of pages: 992
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 52 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century