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SHE CAME FROM BEYOND

Nadine Darling

A darkly comic debut novel, a hilariously told story of love, attachment, anxiety, and nerd culture.
Esme ‘Easy' Hardwick has it made. At just about thirty, she's got a tumbledown cottage in small-town Oregon and an uncomplicated acting gig as the space-babe eye candy on a sci-fi parody show. She spends her downtime online, bickering with fans and fellow culture vultures about film trivia and relishing her minor-but-satisfying celebrity.

Enter Harrison. What begins as a jocular online flirtation spills into a messy IRL affair, and quicker than you can say “whiplash," Easy finds herself pregnant with twins and sharing her home with the love of her life plus the teenage daughter, baby son, and slightly unhinged, soon-to-be-ex-wife she kind of didn't totally know he had.

Nadine Darling's uniquely droll style elevates this assured debut from zany domestic drama to outlandish comic masterpiece. SHE CAME FROM BEYOND! is a fierce, profound, text-your-friends funny exploration of attachment, anxiety, fandom, and the warped unpredictability of love and family.”

Nadine Darling's short fiction has appeared in Night Train, Edifice Wrecked, Eyeshot, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Per Contra. She lives in Boston with her family.
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Published 2015-10-01 by Overlook Press

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Nadine Darling's SHE CAME FROM BEYOND! is a muscle of a novel. Don't be fooled by the title or by the narrator's couldn't-care-less attitude. This beast of a book—sometimes about motherhood and daughterhood, always about the all-round strangeness of family—is coming straight for your heart. - Hannah Pittard, author of Reunion and The Fates Will Find Their Way

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Darling crafts a debut novel that's truly like nothing else. Unexpected comedy and an unusual plot make this a weirdly delightful read.

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Newcomer Nadine Darling drops an unforgettable stylistic beat from page one and continues upping the stakes thereafter. SHE CAME FROM BEYOND is a hilariously touching ode to nerds and our culture, but more importantly, it's an honest and heartfelt tribute to the always eccentric human condition. — Lyndsay Faye, internationally bestselling author of the Edgar-nominated Timothy Wilde trilogy

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