LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN-S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023The darkly comic new novel from the bestselling author of The Portable Veblen?''Incredibly funny and very moving- BELLA MACKIE''A blissful novel that I want to give to everyone I love- NINA STIBBE-Even funnier, even more romantic than McKenzie-s wonderful last- KAREN JOY FOWLERPenny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over, she-s quit her job, her parents have been missing in the Australian outback for five years and now she-s back home in Santa Barbara, dealing with mounting family crises and living out of a borrowed van named The Dog of the North.The Dog is replete with gingham curtains, wood panelling, a pi-ata, clunky brakes and difficult steering. It-s also Penny-s getaway car from the curveballs life-s throwing at her. With an uncertain future ahead of her, could the road she-s on lead her back to herself?
