A better life : a novel / Lionel Shriver.
"In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant--who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her 26-year-old son Nico in a sprawling house in Brooklyn, decides to participate in a new city program that would pay her to take in a migrant as a boarder. Liberal to the extreme, Gloria is thrilled when sweet, kind, helpful Martine arrives. But Nico is skeptical. A classic live-at-home Gen Zer with no interest in adulthood, Nico resents any interruption of his "hovercraft repose." As the months go by, Martine endears herself to both Nico's sisters, while finding her way into Gloria's heart and even, briefly, Nico's. But as Martine's disturbingly dodgy compatriots begin to show up, Nico conceives a dark twin hostile to both his mother's altruism and the "migrant crisis" in general--and turns out to be anything but a reliable narrator himself. Based loosely on a program New York City Mayor Eric Adams floated but did not initiate, A Better Life is Lionel Shriver at her best: smart, funny, and sensitive to the moral nuances of perhaps the most divisive issue of our times"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063482142
- ISBN: 0063482142
- ISBN: 9780063482159
- ISBN: 0063482150
- Physical Description: 289 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
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- 17 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 24 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC SHRIVER (Text) | 36015000785713 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101815072 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F SHR (Text) | 0020514062569 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/08/2026 |
| Cumberland Headquarters | CMB1962727 (Text) | CMB1962725 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Fletcher Branch | SHR (Text) | 33258010545903 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/07/2026 |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | FIC SHR (Text) | 31420621568883 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F SHR (Text) | 900005000314244 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | SHR (Text) | 33258010545912 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | SHRIVER (Text) | 39149008568206 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Leicester Library | F SHR (Text) | 0020514062668 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
