We Spread The Undone comforts a trembling young woman

comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm

We root for the tight-knit cast of characters as they weave in and out of one another’s narratives

She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception

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*Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award *

We Spread The Undone comforts a trembling young womanFINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERALS LITERARY AWARDS Highly accomplished and fascinating (The Globe and Mail), insidious, unsettling (The Guardian)critically acclaimed novelist Iain Reid follows an elderly woman into a mysterious care home during the later stages of her life. Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until