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Annakeara Stinson, "Nerve Damage: A Novel" (Knopf, 2026)
Annakeara Stinson's Nerve Damage: A Novel (Knopf,
2026) is a riotous revenge novel about a woman’s quest to escape her
stalker ex-boyfriend—by stalking him herself. Clarice’s breakup with
P.T. began the usual way—she discovered he was cheating. Then came the
constant texts, the nonstop emails from burner accounts, countless phone
calls from dozens of different numbers. He showed up outside her
apartment and her office. He sent her flowers and poems, and, perhaps
most sinister of all, a link to the music video for Dido's “White Flag.”
Relief arrived only when Clarice finally obtained a restraining order
and one-way ticket from New York to L.A. Just as the restraining order
expires—and three years to the day since she left him—Clarice spots a
man who looks suspiciously like P.T. at a nightclub. Could it be him?
Her best friend thinks she’s imagining things. Her therapist wants her
to focus on healing her inner child. Her mother is busy planning her
wedding to her fourth husband. A psychic medium can reveal only that
P.T.’s energy is too volatile to locate on the spiritual plane. As
painful memories resurface, Clarice is convinced her ex has returned to
ruin her life. But with scant evidence to prove it, she takes
increasingly unhinged steps to uncover the truth, ultimately leading to a
place where paranoia and reality begin to blur. A profane and poignant
debut novel, Nerve Damage is a different kind of survivor narrative,
about how far one woman will go to wrest back control of her life in a
world determined to send her spiraling.
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Annakeara Stinson's Nerve Damage: A Novel (Knopf,
2026) is a riotous revenge novel about a woman’s quest to escape her
stalker ex-boyfriend—by stalking him herself. Clarice’s breakup with
P.T. began the usual way—she discovered he was cheating. Then came the
constant texts, the nonstop emails from burner accounts, countless phone
calls from dozens of different numbers. He showed up outside her
apartment and her office. He sent her flowers and poems, and, perhaps
most sinister of all, a link to the music video for Dido's “White Flag.”
Relief arrived only when Clarice finally obtained a restraining order
and one-way ticket from New York to L.A. Just as the restraining order
expires—and three years to the day since she left him—Clarice spots a
man who looks suspiciously like P.T. at a nightclub. Could it be him?
Her best friend thinks she’s imagining things. Her therapist wants her
to focus on healing her inner child. Her mother is busy planning her
wedding to her fourth husband. A psychic medium can reveal only that
P.T.’s energy is too volatile to locate on the spiritual plane. As
painful memories resurface, Clarice is convinced her ex has returned to
ruin her life. But with scant evidence to prove it, she takes
increasingly unhinged steps to uncover the truth, ultimately leading to a
place where paranoia and reality begin to blur. A profane and poignant
debut novel, Nerve Damage is a different kind of survivor narrative,
about how far one woman will go to wrest back control of her life in a
world determined to send her spiraling.
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Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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