TARGET CONSUMER Readers interested in mental illness and the evolving perceptions surrounding mental health Readers of autobiographical novels Readers of The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath KEY SELLING POINTS Winner of the 2020 Youth Strega Prize English-language debut of bestselling, critically acclaimed Italian author Humanist depiction of mental illness that challenges traditionalist interpretations of mental health and psychiatric treatment Realistic, autobiographical style infused with lyricism, author is also a poet