Kirstin Valdez Quade: The Five Wounds
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Winner of The Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Prize
Finalist for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Finalist for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
Finalist for the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize
"Masterly…Quade has created a world bristling with compassion and humanity. The characters and the challenges they face are wholly realized and moving . . . it is impossible not to root for [them]." —Alexandra Chang, New York Times Book Review
One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • A Publishers Weekly and Library Journal Best Book of the Year in Fiction • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fictional Family of the Year • A Booklist Top Ten Book-Group Book of the Year • A Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Novel Nominee