I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home

Lorrie Moore's first novel in over a decade, "I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home," is a masterful, elegiac ghost story that deftly navigates two distinct timelines: the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. The narrative centers on a teacher visiting his dying brother in the Bronx, whose journey becomes intertwined with a stolen nineteenth-century journal. This enigmatic artifact, coupled with appearances by a therapy clown and a presumed-dead assassin, blurs the lines between reality and the supernatural. Moore explores profound themes of grief, love (both filial and romantic), the persistence of memory, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. With her signature razor-sharp prose, irresistible wordplay, and singular wry humor, Moore crafts a bold, meditative, and theatrical exploration of what it means to be haunted by history and the human heart, inviting readers into a magic box of longing and surprise.