EVENTS

March 17 Santa Fe, NM

Collected Works Bookstore, 6pm, in conversation with Lesley Poling-Kempes

April 16 Missoula, MT

Fact and Fiction, 7pm, in conversation with Robin McLean

April 23 Portland, OR

Broadway Books, 6pm

May 3 Hood River, OR

The Walled Garden, a public house by Kings and Daughters, 4-6pm, a book & AGATHA-themed beer launch!

PRESS

"A fascinating portrait of a woman torn between her single-minded artistic ambition and her yearning for love. In a novel inspired by the life of the artist Agnes Martin, Foley invents a fictional scenario while capturing Martin’s emotional essence. . . A rich portrayal emerges on multiple layers: the self-centered, prickly but gifted artist, the woman fighting the realities both of mental illness and aging, the derider of sentiment who desperately wants, and often makes, deep and lasting connections with others." 

—Kirkus Reviews, starred


"Debut novelist Foley crafts a spare and skillful story, giving Agatha a unique narrative voice that lets the sarcastic yet vulnerable narrator reveal herself at her own pace. Readers drawn to deep explorations of character and the complex relationships in Sigrid Nunez's The Friend (2018), Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping (1980), and Elizabeth Strout's novels will find much to appreciate in this remarkable debut that lingers long after the final page is turned." 

—Booklist, starred