Euphoria by Lily King

Some novels you read. This one you feel—in your chest, in your pulse, in the humid air of a 1930s riverbank where three brilliant minds circle one another like a storm gathering offshore.

Euphoria is Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel, following three young, gifted anthropologists caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives. Inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, it’s a story of ambition, desire, and discovery that lingers long after the final page.

And what a page-turner it is. Taut. Witty. Fiercely intelligent. The kind of book you carry from the shop to the footbridge and can’t quite put down.

The accolades speak for themselves:

• A New York Times Bestseller
• Winner of the 2014 Kirkus Prize
• Winner of the 2014 New England Book Award for Fiction
• A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
• One of Kirkus Reviews‘s Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)
• A Best Book of the Year for the New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, the Washington Post, Vogue, the Boston Globe, and many more

The New York Times Book Review called it “a love triangle in extremis.” The Boston Globe raved: “dazzling . . . suspenseful . . . brilliant . . . an exhilarating novel.”

We’re especially proud to shelve this one—King is one of our own, a beloved Maine author whose storytelling feels right at home here by the salty cove.

Pull up a chair. Let the ocean hum. This is a book worth lingering over.

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