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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
A dazzling debut novel about a child whose literal enlightenment sets the stage for an exuberant
tragicomedy of marriage, religion, and parenthood.
"Baird is brilliant, and so is his remarkable novel about faith, family, and the life of the mind. Read this wonderful book. You'll be glad to own it."
--Annie Dillard, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek