I am Agatha : a novel / Nancy Foley.
Agatha, a bristly painter fleeing her own darkness, decamps to rural New Mexico to live the reclusive life of a small-town curmudgeon. It is there she meets Alice, a mild widow with a deepening case of dementia who keeps steady vigil at her daughter's backyard grave. Despite Agatha's rough edges and fierce aversion to sentimentality, she surprises herself by falling in love, and her well-worn convictions begin to upend. As Alice's condition worsens, Agatha hatches a plan for them to live together at her remote residence at Mesa Portales. But when Alice's wayward son comes along with different ideas--and Alice suddenly goes missing--Agatha takes matters into her own hands with the help of a faithful thirteen-year-old-neighbor, a pair of shovels, and her trusty pickup, embarking on an unusual mission that calls into question whether some secrets are better kept buried. Sharp, watchful, at once thrillingly perceptive and hidden from herself, Agatha is as imposing as the vast landscape her rustic adobe home overlooks. Loosely inspired by the life of Agnes Martin, I Am Agatha introduces us to this irascible, indelible character who learns--over a stretch of strange, singular days--new ways to fathom life, death, and her own heart.
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- ISBN: 1668098571
- ISBN: 9781668098578
- Physical Description: 245 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2026.
- Copyright: ©2026.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Mars Hill Library | FIC FOL (Text) | 30229101441375 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101822979 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F FOL (Text) | 900005000327152 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC FOLEY NANCY (Text) | 30519020507110 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC FOLEY NANCY (Text) | 30519020507128 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Murphy Public Library | F FOL (Text) | 80605001969640 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | F FOL (Text) | 0020514098167 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | F FOL (Text) | 0020514097961 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Rural Hall Branch | FIC Foley, Nancy (Text) | 0112524951628 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Southwest Brunswick Library | FIC FOL (Text) | 31427000742617 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
