The adult debut from bestselling, award-winning young adult author Jaclyn Moriartyâa frequently hilarious, brilliantly observed novel in the spirit of Maria Semple, Rainbow Rowell, and Gail Honeymanâthat follows a single motherâs heartfelt search for greater truths about the universe, her family and herself.
Twenty years ago, Abigail Sorensonâs brother Robert went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday, never to be seen again. That same year, she began receiving scattered chapters in the mail of a self-help manual, the Guidebook, whose anonymous author promised to make her life soar to heights beyond her wildest dreams.
The Guidebookâs missives have remained a constant in Abiâs lifeâa befuddling yet oddly comforting voice through her familyâs grief over her brotherâs disappearance, a move across continents, the devastating dissolution of her marriage, and the new beginning as a single mother and cafĂ© owner in Sydney.
Now, two decades after receiving those first pages, Abi is invited to an all-expenses paid weekend retreat to learn âthe truthâ about the Guidebook. Itâs an opportunity too intriguing to refuse. If Everything is Connected, then surely the twin mysteries of the Guidebook and a missing brother must be linked?
What follows is completely the opposite of what Abi expectedââbut it will lead her on a journey of discovery that will change her lifeââand enchant listeners. Gravity Is the Thing is a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel about the search for happiness that will break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together, bigger and better than before.