"Expertly weaves the ancient wisdom of elders with some very modern problems-with revelatory, astonishing results." -Alex George, author of The Paris Hours and the #1 Indie Next List Pick, A Good American

"A magnificent work of fiction. With spare, gorgeous insight and a compelling sense of pace, [Keener] maps how small, everyday moments drive the larger, at times irrevocable, events of a life." -Dawn Tripp, author of bestselling novels Georgia and Jackie

"With an emotional sensitivity and clarity of prose that reminds me of writers like Ann Napolitano and Elizabeth Strout, Jessica Keener brings to life a tale of two families in crisis and how these modern skeptical people stumble into an ancient spiritual practice that haltingly and convincingly brings them to hope, love, and solace. This is a beautiful and ultimately uplifting book." -Elizabeth Letts, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty Dollar Champion, and the novels, Finding Dorothy and The Ride of Her Life

"What does it mean to totally trust someone you love, be it a partner or child, your job, or even the world around you? Keener's new novel springs from an emotional affair and soars into the lives of two very different families in a way that's both propulsive and spiritual. Deeply immersive, comforting, inspiring, and real, Evening Begins the Day made me see and experience these indelible characters' world-and my own-differently."-Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You, Cruel Beautiful World, and Days of Wonder

"With its intergenerational cast and rotating perspectives, this emotional novel about the challenges of marriage and parenting-in a world wracked by climate emergency and social injustice-becomes an unlikely page-turner. The character of Lauren vibrantly represents so many teens, throbbing with disappointment, a wavering hope, and love for a planet in peril." -Daphne Kalotay, author of The Archivists, winner of the Grace Paley Prize