Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill

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Published: 2023

From the Women’s Prize Shortlisted-author of Weather, an electrifying, funny and wise account of a couple falling out of one another’s orbit.

The return address was always the same: Dept. of Speculation.

They used to be young, brave, and giddy with hopes for their future.

They got married, had a child, and skated through all the small calamities of family life.

But then, slowly, quietly something changes.

As the years rush by, fears creep in and doubts accumulate until finally their life as they know it cracks apart and they find themselves forced to reassess what they have lost, what is left, and what they want now.

Dept. of Speculation navigates the jagged edges of a modern marriage to tell a story that is darkly funny, surprising and wise.

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