The Antidote Johnny Compton and a mysterious bear woman

and a mysterious bear woman

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and she relies on the collective joy of art and intellectual endeavors to carry her through difficulty

Full of skin-crawling folk horror and sapphic romance

reality itself seems to have become unmoored

The Antidote Johnny Compton and a mysterious bear womanBy: Karen Russell Published by Random House, 2026 03 17 NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town Achingly gorgeous. . . . Karen Russell is one of our most humane and