Description
“Expedition sits in an unexpected and thrilling overlap between do-we-have-our-first-52-year-old-woman-Bourne-Identity-style-thriller or is this a woman on the verge of unleashing curious psychic potential, and a lovely meditation on loneliness. Vogrin entertains readers with Margo Webster’s thoughtful and clear voice while giving them the space to consider their own relationships to reality.” —Megan Giddings, author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly
“Reader, prepare yourself to meet Margo, a woman either at wit’s end or on the verge of transcendence, or possibly both. In Valerie Vogrin’s propulsive and often hilarious novella, Expedition, we are taken for a short spin by a narrator who hasn’t quite gotten it all figured out yet, but whose fears, doubts, and anxieties nonetheless feel like our own. I devoured this in a single sitting, grateful, sated.” — Anthony Varallo, author of What Did You Do Today?
“Valerie Vogrin’s Expedition is a taut, unsettling novella about the meaning of self. What starts as a mystery rife with paranoia becomes a study of discovery, then blossoms into a story about the strength and affirmation of female friendships. Expedition stays with you like the remnants of a disquieting dream.” —Jamey Bradbury, author of The Wild Inside
“On their Expedition, Valerie Vogrin and her hero, Margo Webster, explore not only the wonders of the world, but the wonders of memory and identity, transforming Margo into someone she never knew and someone she never would have been. The journey is a life-altering ride for Margo, one I couldn’t wait to unfold, fighting to get to the next page, consuming it all in one satisfying sitting.” —Michael Czyzniejewski, author of The Amnesiac in the Maze: Stories
“I’ve been waiting a long time for a new Valerie Vogrin book, and Expedition is even weirder and smarter and more beautiful than I had dared hope.” —Kyle Minor, author of Praying Drunk
