A CLOUD IN THE SHAPE OF A GIRL

Stretching from World War II to the present, A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl traces the lives of three generations of women tethered to the same small town in the Midwest by choice or chance, as they confront heartbreak, setbacks, and triumphs and seek their place in a country whose only constant seems to be breathtaking change.

This elegant, moving, albeit often sobering novel looks at issues of mortality, addiction, depression, infidelity, and the hunt for contentment.


Jean Thompson is a novelist and short story writer, whose most recent novel is She Pours Out Her Heart. Her other works include the novels The Humanity Project, The Year We Left Home, City Boy, and Wide Blue Yonder, and the short story collections The Witch and Other Tales Re-Told, Do Not Deny Me, Throw Like a Girl, and Who Do You Love, which was a National Book Award finalist.