""For anyone who has ever suspected something sinister lurking behind the craze of new-age spirituality, Jessica Grose has crafted just the tale for you. With the delicious bite of satire and the page-turning satisfaction of a thriller, Soulmates is a deeply compelling, funny and sharply observed look at just how far we will go to achieve inner peace.""âLena Dunham
A clever, timely novel about a marriage, and infidelity, the meaning of true spirituality, perception and reality from the author of Sad Desk Salad, in which a scorned ex-wife tries to puzzle out the pieces of her husbandâs mysterious death at a yoga retreat and their life together.
Itâs been two years since the divorce, and Dana has moved on. Sheâs killing it at her law firm, sheâs never looked better, thanks to all those healthy meals she cooks, and sheâs thrown away Ethanâs ratty old plaid recliner. She hardly thinks about her husbandâex-husbandâanymore, or about how the man sheâd known since college ran away to the Southwest with a yoga instructor, spouting spiritual claptrap that Dana still canât comprehend.
But when she sees Ethanâs picture splashed across the front page of the New York Postâ""Nama-Slay: Yoga Couple Found Dead in New Mexico Cave""âDana discovers she hasnât fully let go of Ethan or the past. The article implies that it was a murder-suicide, and Ethanâs to blame. How could the man she once loved so deeply be a killer? Restless to find answers that might help her finally to let go, Dana begins to dig into the mystery surrounding Ethanâs death. Sifting through the clues of his life, Dana finds herself back in the last years of their marriage . . . and discovers that their relationshipâlike Ethanâs deathâwasnât what it appeared to be.
A novel of marriage, meditation, and all the spaces in between, Soulmates is a page-turning mystery, a delicious satire of our feel-good spiritual culture, and a nuanced look at contemporary relationships by one of the sharpest writers working today.