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| Author | Angela Flournoy |
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| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
Publication date | September 16, 2025 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0-063-31877-9 |
The Wilderness is a 2025 novel by Angela Flournoy. It received positive reception upon release.
The novel follows five Black women (Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia) over a period of twenty years. The women face a variety of challenges to their friendships and relationships as they navigate life as Black women in America.
The Wilderness was published on September 16, 2025, by Mariner Books. [1]
The novel received positive reception upon release, according to online review aggregator Book Marks. [2] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "elegant and upsetting," noting that the structure of the novel made it read like a collection of short stories. [1] Publishers Weekly called the book "a knockout" and complimented Flournoy's character work in a starred review. [3] Library Journal also published a positive starred review, while Booklist praised Flournoy's prose. [4] [5]
The Washington Post was positive, writing that the novel's characters were realistic and that Flournoy's choice of using a first-person narrative helped immerse the reader in their minds. [6] The New York Times positively compared the novel to Flournoy's debut, The Turner House . [7] A review in The Boston Globe complimented the book's structure and themes. [8] The New Republic , meanwhile, wrote that the book had "broken with" the tropes found in previous novels about female friendship to great effect. [9]
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