Bug Hollow (Pre-order June 17, 2025)

PRE-ORDER FOR JUNE 17, 2025

Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
🌲 A sweeping, emotionally resonant family saga set against the backdrop of California counterculture and four decades of quiet reckonings.

From James Beard Award winner and National Book Critics Circle finalist Michelle Huneven comes Bug Hollow—a deeply affecting literary novel exploring grief, generational trauma, and the fragile bonds of family across forty transformative years.

When Ellis Samuelson disappears the summer after high school and is later found living (and then tragically dying) at a rural Northern California commune called Bug Hollow, the Samuelson family is shattered. His unexpected death sends ripples across generations—especially when Julia, his pregnant girlfriend, arrives with the child he never knew.

As the decades unfold, the Samuelsons must navigate love, loss, secrets, and second chances. From Sybil's stoic grief to Katie's cancer reckoning, from Phil’s long-distance affair to Sally’s selfless caretaking of Ellis’s daughter, Bug Hollow traces the haunting impact of a single event and the quiet, courageous ways people find to survive it.

💔 A richly layered portrait of a fractured but resilient family
🕊️ Literary fiction exploring grief, motherhood, identity, and healing
🌿 Set in 1970s California with a strong sense of place and nostalgia
🏆 From a National Book Critics Circle finalist and award-winning author

Perfect for fans of Joan Silber, Ann Patchett, Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had, and Anne Tyler.

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