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nA PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club Pick nA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE n nWINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE n nWINNER OF THE NYPL'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD n nFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE n nSHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE n nA dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. n n In Who Will Greet You at Home, a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In Wild, a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In The Future Looks Good, three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in Light, a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to fix the equation of a person - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. n n Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.n