Dept Of Speculation Jenny Offill by Jenny Offill 9781847088741, 1847088740, B00GPDN5NU instant download after payment.

Dept. Of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of the universal shipwreck that unites us all.

"Offill is a smart writer with a canny sense of pacing; just when you want to abandon the fragmented puzzle pieces of the novel, she reveals a moment of breathtaking tenderness ... "   -   Roxane Gay, The New York Times Book Review

They used to send each other letters. The return address was always the same: Dept. Of Speculation. They used to be young, brave, and giddy with hopes for their future. They got married, had a child, and skated through all the small calamities of family life. But then, slowly, quietly something changes.  As the years rush by, fears creep in and doubts accumulate until finally their life as they know it cracks apart and they find themselves forced to reassess what they have lost, what is left, and what they want now.

"A book this sad shouldn't be so much fun to read ... a riposte to the notion that domestic fiction is humdrum and unambitious... a shattered novel that stabs and sparkles at the same time. It is the kind of book that you will be quoting over and over to friends who don't quite understand until they give in and read it too."   -   John Self, The Guardian UK

With cool precision, in language that shimmers with rage and wit and fierce longing, Jenny Offill has crafted an exquisitely suspenseful love story that has the velocity of a train hurtling through the night at top speed. Exceptionally lean and compact, the Dept. Of Speculation is a novel to be devoured in a single sitting, though its bracing emotional insights and piercing meditations on despair and love will linger long after the last page.