This is a gentle, generous portrait of a twentieth-century life that fired my imagination. Each life in this novel, however seemingly ordinary, holds worlds of longing.

Colum McCann, New York Times Bestselling author of Twist and Let the Great World Spin

Wild Aster is an unsparing deep-dive of a novel that takes its time to tell one woman's ordinary, extraordinary, defiant story. Anna Hogeland's unorthodox portraits of motherhood, family, friendship, and mid-century womanhood are all fascinating and complicated in the best ways – fervent, complex, and, best of all, unexpected.

Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is and Enormous Wings

Exquisitely written, Wild Aster charts the legacy of motherhood and the echoes of our choices. A shining novel that captures the beauty and bravery of ordinary life.

Serena Burdick, USA Today bestselling author of THE GIRLS WITH NO NAMES and A PROMISE TO ARLETTE

Wild Aster spans decades of quiet tragedy, but delivers one of the most satisfying endings I have read in a long time. Hogeland's prose feels like a character in its own right, stoic and resolute, leaving space for readers to consider their own longing, loss, and repair.

Cara Wall, author of THE DEARLY BELOVED

Wild Aster is that rare thing: a novel that marries the feel of a timeless classic with a sharp, contemporary sensibility . . . Mae herself is a singular protagonist, filled with strength, curiosity, and an unwavering commitment to herself that I found completely mesmerizing. I fell in love with her and with this beautiful, insightful book.

Alexis Schaitkin, author of SAINT X and ELSEWHERE

Breathtaking.

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