On Sale March 17, 2026
For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Sigrid Nunez, a darkly funny and moving debut novel about the unforgettable Agatha, whose devotion to a widow with dementia (and an inconvenient attachment to her daughter’s grave) sparks a radical reckoning with life, loss, and love’s aftermath…read more
Praise for I am Agatha
“Surprising and spellbinding, I Am Agatha is a beautiful love story and meditation on grief, memory, art, and the deepest secrets we hold to keep living. Agatha is a narrator for the ages, telling us her story in a powerful voice—lush, sharp, blunt, and lyrical, all at once.” —Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls
“Wry, tender, and deeply original, I Am Agatha is the story of a woman who builds her own house and her own salvation—a fierce meditation on love, art, and freedom." —Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train
“To write in the style of a painter is no small feat. When that artist is Agnes Martin, it is something of a miracle. Nancy Foley’s exacting and rhythmic prose delivers a marvel of precision and unexpected joy.” —Christine Coulson, nationally bestselling author of Metropolitan Stories and One Woman Show
”This tale of an artist in New Mexico is itself a wise and gorgeous work of art. Foley makes us see old age afresh, as a time of passion, risk, and sharp, exposing light.” —Clare Pollard, Tadeusz Bradecki Prize-winning author of The Modern Fairies
“Gloriously uncompromising or simply ornery and enigmatic? Nancy Foley’s extraordinary Agatha is both—and, she discovers, something else altogether. This fierce and tender novel brilliantly captures how unexpected devotion can crack open even the most stubbornly guarded heart.” —Antoine Wilson, nationally bestselling author of Mouth to Mouth