A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Time, Elle, The Boston Globe, Literary Hub, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Goodreads, WBEZ Chicago, Book Riot, The Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Women's World A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction A Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick An Esquire Best Science Fiction Book of All Time 'A perfect little polished garnet of a novel.' --Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review 'A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life.' --Dakota Johnson, Bustle From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth. At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is