A. M. Homes discusses her new novel, May We Be Forgiven. It’s a darkly comic novel of 21st-century suburban domestic life and the possibility of personal transformation.

A. M. Homes was here to talk about her latest novel. She shares a few of her favorite things.

The Worst Years of Your Life says it all. The stories in this fiction anthology capture all the worst parts of adolescence – the angst, depression, puberty, and embarrassment. Adults can be thankful that these years are far behind them, and adolescents can be reassured that they’re not the only ...

The author A.M. Homes creates startling and sometimes surreal stories out of the dark twists of life — and her chosen territory is often the suburbs. She reads from her darkly comic novel Music for Torching about a marriage on the skids.