My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ghosts Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing

Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother

a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post

She's been raised to do as her father told her

Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria

My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ghosts Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growingNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through