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Ocean State

Set in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast, O’Nan’s latest is a crushing, beautifully written, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters, mothers, and daughters, and the terrible things love makes us do

Wish You Were Here

“[O’Nan’s] finest and deepest novel to date . . . The action rises and ebbs with the rhythms of daily life—meals, swimming, after-dinner videos,…

The Speed Queen

“Vividly realized . . . Hypnotic . . . Features an unfailing intelligence, a grim and bracing humor, an unblinking eye for the telling…

In the Walled City

“O’Nan has the rare gift of shifting perspective, often in the same story, without any sacrifice of intensity or authenticity. In this book we…

Everyday People

“o’Nan’s protean imagination, if it can be summed up at all, seems to be civic. . . . He is a writer who reaches…