New Release Notes 6/14/2022: One's Company by Ashley Huston

One’s Company by Ashley Huston

"Like some uncanny hybrid of Tom McCarthy, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Mulholland Drive, Ashley Hutson’s high concept black comedy, One’s Company, packs deranged laughs against deep trauma in a no-holds-barred debut. Surreal, ambitious, and page-turning, the painful memory performance of Bonnie Lincoln’s wish to live forever in a sitcom might be more realistic than the realism we think we know." - Blake Butler, author of Alice Knott

The second we heard what this book was about, we were hooked. We are suckers for absurdist fiction; the world is already spinning into madness, we need our books to reflect that sometimes! With every episode of almost every show we have ever loved at our finger tips, it’s easy to get lost in the escapism and prefer the fable to the fact of our everyday lives. But, what if you could step into your favorite show?

Would you?

Bonnie Lincoln just wants to be left alone. To come home from work, shut out the ghosts of some devastating losses, and unwind in front of the nostalgic, golden glow of her favorite TV show, Three’s Company.

When Bonnie wins the lottery, a more grandiose vision—to completely shuck off her own troublesome identity—takes shape. She plans a drastic move to an isolated mountain retreat where she can re-create the iconic apartment set of Three’s Company and slip into the lives of its main characters: no-nonsense Janet Wood, pleasantly airheaded Chrissy Snow, and confident Jack Tripper. While her best friend, Krystal, tries to drag her back to her old life, Bonnie is determined to transcend pain, trauma, and the baggage of her past by immersing herself in the ultimate binge-watch.