“A deeply moving story of estranged siblings and the long shadow of family. New Haven is Claire Monet at her most emotionally intelligent.”
— The New York Times
New Haven
After their mother’s sudden death, estranged siblings Clara and Theo return to the decaying family home in New Haven. What begins as a weekend of sorting belongings becomes a painful excavation of childhood myths, inherited guilt, and the versions of themselves they left behind. A luminous and deeply moving novel about the long shadow of family and the difficult grace of forgiveness.
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Published on
Aug 16, 2024
Published by
Penguin Random House
Pages
309
Edition
First
Praise and reviews
“Monet writes about forgiveness with such nuance and grace that you feel the characters’ pain in your own bones.”
— The Paris Review
“A luminous and heartbreaking novel about the myths we create around the people we love. New Haven is literary fiction at its most humane.”
— LitHub
“Claire Monet has an unmatched ability to make the domestic feel epic. New Haven is a quiet triumph.”
— The Guardian
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