"Madeline Cash's debut novel, Lost Lambs, tells the story of a modern American family: semi-estranged parents in an ill-fated open relationship and three teen daughters with internet boyfriends and dangerous connections to the tech billionaire up the road. The book made such a splash when it was published last month - "vivid, breezy prose alight with casual wit," said the New Yorker; "the comic novel we need right now," declared the Washington Post -"
"Wednesday, January 28thIt's negative-seven degrees when I conclude my U.S. book tour in South Bend, Indiana, and take the world's smallest plane to my connection through Chicago. At O'Hare, I order a muffin, eat the top, and discard the bottom while browsing the Hudson News book section for titles by "Madeline Cash." I find Malcolm Gladwell and James Patterson but no Madeline Cash."
Lost Lambs follows a contemporary American family: semi-estranged parents in a failing open relationship and three teenage daughters entangled with internet boyfriends and a nearby tech billionaire. The novel received strong praise from major outlets for its vivid, breezy prose and comic tone, prompting some readers to suspect industry backing. Cash rejects the industry-plant theory and describes a working-class upbringing with a single mother who was a hospice nurse at a convent. Cash has recently relocated to England with her boyfriend. Travel details after a U.S. book tour include frozen weather in Indiana, airport curiosities, and a dubious Tesco sandwich purchase.
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