Time’s Mouth has been longlisted for the prestigious Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Read all about the prize here.
Read Zan Romanoff’s piece on Edan, Time’s Mouth, and her publishing trajectory here.
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“My favorite place to read is in the tub, and I do so nightly. Have you ever smoked a joint and read Toni Morrison’s “Sula” in a very hot bath, reveling in a single, rich paragraph for what feels like an hour? If not, may I suggest you try it?” Read more here.
In their review, Kirkus writes, “Lepucki is known for combining domestic realism with a magical worldview and/or SF–adjacent elements (here, there’s an isolation chamber in a box in the garage inspired by Reich’s Orgone Accumulator) and for evoking California in all its real, surreal, and unreal glory. She does it again.This emotionally intense, wildly imaginative novel is both down-to-earth and out-to-lunch. One of a kind.”
Carolyn Kellogg profiled Edan and wrote: “Time’s Mouth” follows three generations: Ursa, who comes to San Francisco in the 1950s and later founds the commune; Ray and Cherry trying to adjust to normal life in the Fairfax District in the 1980s; and Opal in Los Angeles in the 1990s, moving into a grand empty house surrounded by oil derricks. It is a story of motherhood and disjunction, of self-making and villainy, of a remarkable power depicted and deployed on an intimate scale.
“Look for New York Times best-selling author Edan Lepucki’s Time’s Mouth (Counterpoint, Aug.), a California-set venture into time travel.” Read more here.
“Time’s Mouth is a Californian-dystopian-time-travel novel from the author of Woman No. 17. It’s about cults, motherhood, abandonment, and trying to right the wrongs of the past—usually impossible, except in this work characters can travel into their memories. It’s well past time for another cult-y novel to take us by storm, and Time’s Mouth very well may be it.” Read more here.
“Edan Lepucki's first novel "California," an apocalyptic tale of a couple, ignited a firestorm of discussion and book-buying after Stephen Colbert urged viewers to pre-order it in the midst of a dispute between the publisher and Amazon. "Time's Mouth," the next novel forthcoming from Lepucki, is set in the writer's beloved California. But this time, the Golden State is the place the main character, Ursa, escapes to in the 1950s, seeking to flee her hometown and join the exciting counterculture. Ursa has abilities beyond the ordinary, which end up drawing a cult of women around her. And like all gifts, Ursa's will come with a heavy price, which the next generation might pay.” Read more here.
“Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Edan Lepucki’s Time’s Mouth forthcoming from Counterpoint in August 2023. From the bestselling author of California, comes this ‘enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape of California.’” Read more here.
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In episode 246 of First Draft, “The Binkie Drops,” Edan talks about how she got into writing, the road to the bestseller list, parenting while making art, and Mothers Before…and everything in between.
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Check out the four excerpts on A Cup of Jo, Romper, MotherMag, and The Cut !
