Will I love All Fours?

Hilarious, far fetched, outrageous and yet so wise and completely relatable. The most original exploration of female desire that you’ll ever find.

A page-turner from the first mesmerizing scene to the finale.

I loved the quirky characters, their authentically human conflicts, and the beautiful writing.

Stunning. Masterful. LOVED.

This novel tackles the serious topic of perimenopause in a way that feels both deeply human and hilariously absurd. It captures the weird contradictions of middle age with an optimism that made me want to stay curious about life at every stage.

Another original from a wonderful writer. The heroine sets out to drive across the country but instead takes a different kind of journey and learns a lot about herself along the way. As always, beautifully written, thought-provoking, and surprising.

Reading this book made me blush, gasp and giggle—a lot!

Difficult to describe without spoilers—a literal and metaphorical road trip with surprises at every stop. The moving, shocking and very funny story follows 45-year-old Los Angeles–based multimedia artist, navigating midlife, parenting and a marriage that had lost its narrative under the weight of routine and thwarted expectations. 

It’s taken me a long time (and so much therapy) to finally feel comfortable saying what I want—in life, from my loved ones, during conflicts, when ordering food—without apology, without self-sabotage. And because this unlearning has only happened recently, I empathize when other women struggle with it too.

But I find it particularly delicious to watch another woman upend her life, a life that she’s “supposed” to want, to go after the life she actually wants. What happens when we get off the train of female expectations? Is it so wrong to be a mom and also want personal space?… show more.

Miranda July's All Fours is a thought-provoking book that pushed me to reconsider my own assumptions around partnership, motherhood, ambition, truth and sexuality. A challenging book that excels when pushing boundaries.

The story is bizarre and hilarious. July has nerve, no shame, and is a creative force to be admired.

I adore Miranda July, and I think this is her best work to date. There are precious few books that are able to be laugh-out-loud funny, deeply personal, profoundly philosophical AND remarkably steamy all in the same couple of hundred pages. July has such a brilliant and original voice and her way of seeing the world is so gorgeously idiosyncratic, I wouldn't say this is a book for everyone but my book club - many of whom are writers themselves - all loved it and they are usually very tough critics.

I thoroughly enjoyed the way that the story veered… show more.

Despite the protagonist in this book embarking on one compulsive and distinctive adventure after another, I couldn’t help but see my journey in her steps, even as they unfolded to destroy the life she worked for and believed she wanted. In a novel that reads like a memoir, I followed a woman’s path from a conventional life to one of authenticity.

Her new world opens up, perilous, quirky, and deeply libidinal, giving me access to a story that could only be singular and unique. I was emboldened to see allegiance to personal truth, a kind of curiosity, as a radical… show more.