Terrestrial: A Novella

Advance Praise:

“Quirky, thoughtful, and heartfelt, a coming-of-age journey that might be enjoyed alongside the works of Kevin Wilson or Marie-Helene Bertino. Here, Eynon writes with poetic precision about contradictions: her characters are charming and awkward, vast and introspective. Her focus is on the lonely, the mundane and the spectacular. TERRESTRIAL is wildly human while exploring that which makes us alien to ourselves and each other.”

—Joey Hedger, author of In the Line of a Hurricane and Deliver Thy Pigs

“In TERRESTRIAL, teenage Daisy is disappearing in so many ways; even in fantasy she imagines herself as a person who doesn’t “show excessive human need.” But in Suzy Eynon’s careful hands, these moments of intense, palpable loneliness are buoyed by hope and the possibility of meaningful connection. Eynon crafts Daisy’s rich inner world with such tenderness, and the backdrop of the alien desert is both haunting and gorgeous. Eynon masterfully plays with color and texture—pastels and creams, stucco and carpet, sweaty gum-sticky paper—and light—blinding oranges manipulated by miniblinds, or the mysterious ones in the night sky. TERRESTRIAL feels, itself, like a secret message, blinking out to anyone who has ever felt alone.”

—Emily Costa, author of Girl on Girl and Until It Feels Right

“In this taut novella, we are transported to the sprawling Arizona suburbs with their faux adobe houses and dusty, cracked cul-de-sacs. In this barren landscape, we scramble along with Daisy as she searches for signs of life and connection, human or otherwise. TERRESTRIAL aches with the turmoil of adolescence.”

—Drew Buxton, author of So Much Heart and Daytona Teddy Riggs