MotherKind
Apr 2026 · Hachette UK
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A deeply moving novel about hopeful beginnings and profound endings - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch
'A brilliant writer, utterly original and with an astonishing range' IAN McEWAN
'Phillips combines extraordinary perception with extraordinary versatility and power' MARGARET ATWOOD
'Shimmering prose, fierce realism and probing meditativeness' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The beauty and originality of MotherKind are undeniable' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
One summer's day, 30-year-old Kate flies to her Appalachian hometown to tell her mother she is pregnant. But when she arrives, her mother reveals that she doesn't have long to live.
Kate is suddenly thrust into roles of enormous responsibility, caring for both her child and her terminally ill mother. In the same year that she watches her newborn grow, Kate witnesses the gradual disappearance of a woman who has been her best friend and mentor her entire life, and is forced to reckon with devastating loss alongside a joyful new beginning.
'A brilliant writer, utterly original and with an astonishing range' IAN McEWAN
'Phillips combines extraordinary perception with extraordinary versatility and power' MARGARET ATWOOD
'Shimmering prose, fierce realism and probing meditativeness' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The beauty and originality of MotherKind are undeniable' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
One summer's day, 30-year-old Kate flies to her Appalachian hometown to tell her mother she is pregnant. But when she arrives, her mother reveals that she doesn't have long to live.
Kate is suddenly thrust into roles of enormous responsibility, caring for both her child and her terminally ill mother. In the same year that she watches her newborn grow, Kate witnesses the gradual disappearance of a woman who has been her best friend and mentor her entire life, and is forced to reckon with devastating loss alongside a joyful new beginning.
About the author
Jayne Anne Phillips was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia. She is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novels Night Watch, Quiet Dell, Lark and Termite, MotherKind, Shelter and Machine Dreams, as well as two short story collections. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Bunting Fellowship. She has been awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and an Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work has been translated into twelve languages, and has appeared in Granta, Harper's, DoubleTake, and The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction.
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