It Will Come Back to You

<p><b>One of the <i>Guardian</i>''s most anticipated books for 2026, t</b><b>he first ever collection of short stories from the<i> New York Times</i> bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of <i>The Friend</i></b><br><br>''Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don''t look back'' <b>ANNE ENRIGHT</b><br>''Among the most interesting writers of our generation'' <i><b>INDEPENDENT</b></i><br>''Nunez gracefully leaps from big emotions, including grief, to erudite literary digressions or biting wit'' <b><i>WALL STREET JOURNAL</i></b><br>''One of my favourite authors'' <b>NATALIE PORTMAN</b><br><br><i>It Will Come Back to You </i>takes in thirteen stories - never before collected together - from a career spanning three decades, which has seen Nunez become one of contemporary fiction''s most distinctive voices. Moving from an inappropriate teenage crush to a therapist''s second chance at love, in this collection Nunez maintains her irrepressible humour, bite, and insight, while exploring the philosophical questions we have come to expect from her writing.<br><br>''What''s consistent across Nunez''s books is their searching tone about the biggest of life''s questions'' <b><i>WASHINGTON POST</i></b><br>''Long live Sigrid Nunez'' <b>LAURA MARLING</b><br>''I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez''s novels. They are short, wise, provocative, funny'' <b>DWIGHT GARNER, NEW YORK TIMES</b></p>