Go Gentle: Oprah’s Book Club

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Go Gentle: Oprah’s Book Club

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK

“A wildly entertaining journey filled with humor, insight, and unexpected wisdom. I discovered so much about Stoicism—I laughed out loud, and beneath every funny moment was something deeply human about love, identity, relationships, and finding peace within yourself.” —Oprah Winfrey

“Maria Semple is a treasure.” —Los Angeles Times

From the New York Times bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette comes a vibrant, heartfelt, and hilarious novel about what happens when a woman who has mastered the art of self-control discovers that the heart has its own plans.

Adora Hazzard believes she has created the perfect life.

A divorced Stoic philosopher living on New York City’s Upper West Side, Adora has built her happiness around a simple principle: appreciate what you already have. She finds joy in raising her teenage daughter, embracing her independence, and working as a moral guide for the twin sons of a wealthy family.

She has even created her own circle of thoughtful, like-minded women—a “coven” of friends living in the same iconic building—while carefully cultivating the peaceful existence she has worked so hard to achieve.

Then she meets a mysterious and captivating stranger.

Suddenly, the carefully balanced world Adora has constructed begins to unravel. Her life becomes tangled in forbidden attraction, underground art dealings, hidden encounters, and international secrets. Worse still, the past she has spent years trying to escape returns with a force she never expected.

Faced with desires she can no longer ignore, Adora must confront the possibility that wanting more from life doesn’t mean she has failed at finding contentment. Sometimes, transformation begins when we finally allow ourselves to be changed.

Funny, intelligent, romantic, and deeply moving, Go Gentle is a captivating story of reinvention, passion, and self-discovery. With Maria Semple’s signature wit and emotional insight, it explores the unpredictable ways love can challenge everything we think we know about ourselves.