The Vulnerables: A Novel

The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection   "I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez's novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny -- good and strong company." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times   "Cracks open windows and offers a reassuring breeze, reminding us that it's OK -- and perhaps even necessary -- to need each other; it's only human." --San Francisco Chronicle   Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past.   Humor, to be sure, is a priceless refuge. Equally vital is connection with others,