and a muse to Emerson himself
turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts
All is ticking over nice and normal
darkly funny descent into chaos—a story about disillusionment
The novel tells the tale of Richard
It Starts with Us Martha C. Nussbaum and a muse to EmersonLily and her ex husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her lifeand Atlas Corrigan is the one