I wanted to read a masterpiece but this is just a book.\nKaren Russell is the author of\xa0Orange World\xa0and other books. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship and lives in Oregon with her husband and son. Her other books include:\xa0St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,\xa0Swamplandia!,\xa0Vampires in the Lemon Grove\xa0and\xa0Sleep Donation: A Novella.\nJoin the\xa0"10 Things That Scare Me"\xa0conversation, and tell us your fears at\xa010thingspodcast.org.