Banal Nightmare -- Halle Butler, Hardcover Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction it quickly becomes clear that

it quickly becomes clear that Penelope's chances have been rigged from the start--and this villain might just be destined to die

He wants a relationship

and promise a politics to 'take back our culture and take back our country

"The Embodiment" takes us into a dystopian gynecology office where a pregnant woman is told that she must find a father for her baby or face horrific consequences

readers are privy to the early days of Hunter

Banal Nightmare -- Halle Butler, Hardcover Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction it quickly becomes clear thatA "vividly, chillingly current" (The Washington Post) novel by the author of The New Me, one of the boldest voices in American fiction "[Halle Butler's] talent lies in depicting how these sore winners think, and the quiet madness that comes from measuring every interaction in your life by what might be gained in power and status. . . . [Banal Nightmare is] her most accomplished novel." The New York Review of Books "So funny, so smart, utterly vicious