Bear

Extraordinary. A short-storylike, fairytale level of intensity sustained across a novel. Completely convincing and unexpected

Extraordinary. A short-storylike, fairytale level of intensity sustained across a novel. Completely convincing and unexpected

Wondrous. An addictive and revelatory read. I couldn't put it down

Phillips smartly keeps us guessing whether the fantastical creature ultimately sees Elena as friend or feast . . . Bear ends with a bang, and with the intriguing notion that sisterhood (or sisters?) may be as unknowable and unpredictable as anything else in nature

A bold and brilliant modern fable of sisterhood, class, and our relationship to the natural world

A wondrous second book-a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live

A story of sisterhood, daughterhood, care, and devotion, Bear will capture your heart and mind. I read in a state of wonder

In prose of surpassing beauty, Julia Phillips collapses the boundaries between species, communities, and sisters. Bear is magical, suspenseful, heartbreaking, and humane. It is the most moving, most accomplished work of fiction I've read in ages

Intense, moody, fierce, and relentlessly suspenseful

A haunting fable . . . I was spellbound

Bear is the brutal cage of the real world and the magical animal within-a book of untamed, glorious, abundant interpretations

I read Bear in one night and I am in awe

Beautiful and haunting . . . This is brilliant

A fantabulous delight

Wondrous. An addictive and revelatory read. I couldn't put it down.

Julia Phillips is the bestselling author of the novel Disappearing Earth, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times Book Review 's 10 Best Books of the Year. A 2024 Guggenheim fellow, she lives with her family in Brooklyn.