Helen of Nowhere

Title: Helen of Nowhere
Author: Makenna Goodman
Fiction: 1700308
ISBN: 9781566897358
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 160
Section: Fiction | Literary
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: An electrifying novel about the delights and dangers of starting over.

In the middle of the countryside, a realtor is showing a disgraced professor around an idyllic house. She speaks not only about the home's many wonderful qualities but about its previous owner, the mystifying Helen, whose presence still seems to suffuse every fixture. Through hearing stories of Helen's chosen way of living, the man begins to see that his own story is not actually over--rather, he is being offered a chance to buy his way into the simple life, close to the land, that's always been out of reach to him. But as evening fades into black, he will learn that the asking price may be much higher, and stranger, than anticipated.

Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: What must we give up in exchange for true happiness?