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“The Dearly Beloved is the best book about faith in recent memory”

— David Canfield, EW Magazine

“Writing with restrained lyricism, Wall’s debut—15 years in the making—offers a kind of literary chamber music, combining the viewpoints of a quartet of characters across multiple decades and events. ”

— Kirkus starred review

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I have been off social media for more than a year, mostly because I am writing a new book. In that time I have been asked to write some blurbs, and this was one of two books I said yes to. I love memoirs. I love memoirs about motherhood. I love memoi

We were very tired, we were very merry—we had gone back forth all night on the ferry…edna st vincent millay.

Happy Easter to everyone celebrating today. Chag Sameach to so many of my Bookclub friends and Ramadan Mubarak to Reza, Kaiis, Kian, Alizeh and everyone fasting this month. My parents and I were at First Pres this morning—we did not plan our ou

Jenna was wearing her “black and white and read all over” outfit to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of her book club. The giver of the hand warmers saved the day and I am currently reading the book in that photo: The Great Circle by Maggie

I was at the Today Show this morning with a whole bunch of the Read With Jenna authors. It was humbling and inspiring at the same time. I’m the worst photographer of all time, but managed to get these faces in focus: @jennabhager @laurenfoxwrit

Old school: spiral notebook, blue bic pen, ink stains on my fingers. Favorite way to write. (And yes, I do hold my pen that way. 🤓)

I’m so happy to announce that The Dearly Beloved is being published on 2/24 in Italy! I am in love with the Italian title, and I’m brushing up my Italian by reading the translation. It got easier when I realized that I could read the two

Currently reading. Very intrigued by the structure…

Who’s reading Matrix? What do you think? (Illustration from the Boston Globe)

New Year, clean desk! Though, tbh, I will probably write at the dining room table—closer to the cookies.

The day started out great but took a sharp turn onto a different path…please think good thoughts about the half-done novel in my hard drive…😬