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Product details
- ISBN 9781399744164
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 126 x 192mm
- Publication Date: 21 May 2026
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The transporting, immersive book of the summer: 'a book to lose yourself in' Guardian
⭐ An Oprah's Book Club pick
⭐ An instant New York Times bestseller
⭐ Book of the Year: The Times, Guardian, Woman & Home and BBC
'The Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style
'A totally involving and moving literary page-turner' Clare Chambers, author of Shy Creatures
'Moving, funny and utterly engrossing' Sunday Times
'I did not stop reading it for three days straight' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws' beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a cardiac anaesthesiologist with a brilliant future.
When Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, Cece can't imagine anyone less appropriate for the task. After all, Garrett, a depressed baggage handler at the local airport, doesn't believe in marriage. But as she spends time with him and his gruff mask slips, she grows increasingly uncertain about her future, leading to an impulsive decision that will alter the three friends' lives forever - the events of that summer reverberating across fifty years and spanning generations.
More praise for Dream State
'The kind of book you don't want to put down' Oprah Winfrey
'A sprawling page-turner' Grazia
'A transporting wonder... A rare pleasure' Ron Charles, Washington Post
'I can't think of another book I have annotated so heavily, underlining phrases on almost every page' The Times
'[A] brilliantly panoramic tale of family ties... Puchner tells his tale so compellingly, so engagingly, with such warmth and humor, that it's not until you set the book down that you can appreciate the brilliance of what he's done' Guardian
'As funny as it is devastating... I haven't been this dazzled by a novel in a long time' Lit Hub
'Expansive... explores how we might make meaning of our existence in the face of escalating loss' New Yorker
'[W]hat begins as a high-stakes love triangle tale transforms into an engrossing family saga, spanning 50 years. The magnetic pull between the three characters is enough to sustain a third plotline: the devastating effect of climate change on Montana and the life they have built there.' Sunday Times
'I love a slightly oversized American novel, one that's going to take you on a journey' Times Radio
⭐ An Oprah's Book Club pick
⭐ An instant New York Times bestseller
⭐ Book of the Year: The Times, Guardian, Woman & Home and BBC
'The Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style
'A totally involving and moving literary page-turner' Clare Chambers, author of Shy Creatures
'Moving, funny and utterly engrossing' Sunday Times
'I did not stop reading it for three days straight' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws' beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a cardiac anaesthesiologist with a brilliant future.
When Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, Cece can't imagine anyone less appropriate for the task. After all, Garrett, a depressed baggage handler at the local airport, doesn't believe in marriage. But as she spends time with him and his gruff mask slips, she grows increasingly uncertain about her future, leading to an impulsive decision that will alter the three friends' lives forever - the events of that summer reverberating across fifty years and spanning generations.
More praise for Dream State
'The kind of book you don't want to put down' Oprah Winfrey
'A sprawling page-turner' Grazia
'A transporting wonder... A rare pleasure' Ron Charles, Washington Post
'I can't think of another book I have annotated so heavily, underlining phrases on almost every page' The Times
'[A] brilliantly panoramic tale of family ties... Puchner tells his tale so compellingly, so engagingly, with such warmth and humor, that it's not until you set the book down that you can appreciate the brilliance of what he's done' Guardian
'As funny as it is devastating... I haven't been this dazzled by a novel in a long time' Lit Hub
'Expansive... explores how we might make meaning of our existence in the face of escalating loss' New Yorker
'[W]hat begins as a high-stakes love triangle tale transforms into an engrossing family saga, spanning 50 years. The magnetic pull between the three characters is enough to sustain a third plotline: the devastating effect of climate change on Montana and the life they have built there.' Sunday Times
'I love a slightly oversized American novel, one that's going to take you on a journey' Times Radio
Eric Puchner is the author of the novel Model Home, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of a California Book Award, and two collections of short stories. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is an associate professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Baltimore with his family.
