Diane Cook 
Moving On 

A cool, unsettling story of grief and starting over from the Guardian First Book Award long-listed collection Man V. Nature After the death of her husband a woman is relocated by the Placement Team to a prisonlike shelter for widows and the unwanted. There she is offered only one option: to prepare for her next husband. ’;Moving On’ is the bold and brilliant opening story from Diane Cook’s critically acclaimed, award-winning debut collection Man v. Nature. Praise for Man V. Nature ’;A knockout … every single story could make a great movie.’ Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man ’;Man V. Nature could also be called Diane Cook V. The Challenges of Writing Fresh, Invigorating Fiction in Our Age. In the latter contest, Cook crushes. Here is a bold debut.’ Sam Lipsyte, author of Home Land ’;Astonishing … the stories are surreal, with the sharpest edge and in one way or another, each story reveals something raw and powerful about being human in a world where so little is in our control.’ Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist