Housemates: A Novel Audiobook

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• An intimate portrait of a burgeoning relationship against the vast landscape of the open road, Housemates is a warm and inviting novel. Like the large format camera her character wields, Eisenberg captures the complexity of both people and places with precision and generosity. And finally there’s a book about Pennsylvania and Philly that looks like the place I know and love!

  — Sara Nović, New York Times bestselling author of True Biz

• Housemates is the brilliant, queer, abundant, art-drunk, soulful, sexy American road trip novel we’ve needed for so long. Eisenberg writes about the way we live now with tremendous insight and a wide, wide heart. Believe me: this is one journey you don't want to miss.

  — Stacey D’Erasmo, author of The Complicities

• Radiant and invigoratingly truthful, Housemates invites us to think about the community and country that are possible when we love.

  — Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning

• Housemates is the brilliant, queer, abundant, art-drunk, soulful, sexy American road trip novel we’ve needed for so long. Eisenberg writes about the way we live now with tremendous insight and a wide, wide heart. Believe me: This is one journey you don't want to miss.

  — Stacey D’Erasmo, author of The Complicities

• A brilliant book about friendship, found family, and jawns. It’s an ode to our bonds told through exquisite character work that makes the world feel so lived in.

  — Debutiful, “Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2024”

• This celebration of queer life can’t get into our hands soon enough!

  — Hey Alma, “Most anticipated debut books of 2024”

• A perfect novel about making art, making a life, and how to do those things at the same time with other people.

  — Hilary Leichter, ‘A Year in Reading’ in The Millions

• [A] most anticipated book of 2024 . . . This celebration of queer life can’t get into our hands soon enough!

  — Hey Alma

• A perfect novel about making art, making a life, and how to do those things at the same time, with other people.

  — Hilary Leichter, “A Year in Reading” at The Millions

• Ripe and undeniably rich . . . I fell deeply in love with this book, marveling at its lushness and its attention to detail, happy to follow wherever I was led. Emma Copley Eisenberg is a brilliant writer and Housemates is superb.

  — Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things

• A debut novel that’s part The Price of Salt and part Just Kids, in which two friends journey across America in pursuit of art and love.

  — Electric Literature

• Radiant and invigoratingly truthful, Housemates invites us to think about the community and country that are possible when we love.

  — Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning

• Eisenberg has a poet’s eye for truth, and her prose is gorgeously precise and empathetic while remaining cleareyed. Emotionally rich and quietly thought-provoking, this is simply a stunning debut.

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• Housemates is a warm and inviting novel. Like the large format camera her character wields, Eisenberg captures the complexity of both people and places with precision and generosity. And finally there’s a book about Pennsylvania and Philly that looks like the place I know and love!

  — Sara Nović, New York Times bestselling author of True Biz

• My favorite book of the year . . . a wise and beautiful and gorgeously gay exploration of America, art, and the rugged vast country that is love itself.

  — Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of All This Could Be Different

• Gorgeous . . . A novel as full as life itself, about art-making and love and friendship and making a way in the world, complicated, funny, questioning, moral. Bernie and Leah are still with me. I won’t ever forget them.

  — Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

• My favorite book of the year . . . a wise and beautiful and gorgeously gay exploration of America, art, and the rugged vast country that is love itself.

  — Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different

• Gorgeous . . . a novel as full as life itself, about art-making and love and friendship and finding a way in the world, complicated, funny, questioning, moral . . . Bernie and Leah are still with me. I won’t ever forget them.

  — Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

• Eisenberg has a poet’s eye for truth, and her prose is gorgeously precise and empathetic while remaining cleareyed. Emotionally rich and quietly thought-provoking, this is simply a stunning debut.

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• Sumptuous . . . Once Eisenberg revs the engine, she reaches luminous heights. Readers will come themselves lucky to go along for the ride.

  — Publishers Weekly

• Sumptuous . . . Once Eisenberg revs the engine, she reaches luminous heights. Readers will count themselves lucky to go along for the ride.

  — Publishers Weekly

• Gorgeous . . . Housemates is a novel as full as life itself, about art-making and love and friendship and making a way in the world, complicated, funny, questioning, moral. Bernie and Leah are still with me. I won’t ever forget them.

  — Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

• The brilliant, queer, abundant, art-drunk, soulful, sexy American road-trip novel we’ve needed for so long . . . Emma Copley Eisenberg writes about the way we live now with tremendous insight and a wide, wide heart. Believe me: This is one journey you don’t want to miss.

  — Stacey D’Erasmo, author of The Complicities

• Ripe and undeniably rich . . . a full-on sensory experience . . . I fell deeply in love with this book. . . . Emma Copley Eisenberg is a brilliant writer, and Housemates is superb.

  — Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things

• Warm and inviting . . . Eisenberg captures the complexity of both people and places with precision and generosity. And finally a book about Pennsylvania and Philly that looks like the place I know and love!

  — Sara Nović, New York Times bestselling author of True Biz

• A novel of young queer artists making love, poems, photographs and haunted houses.

  — Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show

• Eisenberg’s fiction debut feels like a swim in a heated pool after a long journey.

  — Los Angeles Times, “10 Books to Add to Your Reading List in May”

• Here’s one for the road-tripping vacationers. . . A genuine book about art, love, friendship, chosen family, and America in this moment.

  — Harper’s Bazaar, “Best Beach Reads of 2024”

• An adventure of a lifetime . . . as heartwarming as it is inspiring.

  — SheReads, “Best Book Club Picks of Summer 2024”

• Gorgeous . . . Housemates is a novel as full as life itself, about art-making and love and friendship and making a way in the world, complicated, funny, questioning, moral.

  — Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

• The brilliant, queer, abundant, art-drunk, soulful, sexy American road-trip novel we’ve needed for so long.

  — Stacey D’Erasmo, author of The Complicities

• Ripe and undeniably rich . . . Emma Copley Eisenberg is a brilliant writer, and Housemates is superb.

  — Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things

• Warm and inviting . . . Eisenberg captures the complexity of both people and places with precision and generosity.

  — Sara Nović, New York Times bestselling author of True Biz

• [A] wise and beautiful and gorgeously gay exploration of America, art, and the rugged vast country that is love itself.

  — Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different

• A beautiful novel about art, community, and connection.

  — Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans

• Tender, introspective, and at times delightfully funny, this is the perfect book to bring on a road trip.

  — Time, ‘15 LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pride’

• [An] exceptional, keenly observed meditation on art and love.

  — People

• A contemporary, queerer take on the American dream.

  — Marie Claire

• Tender, nuanced, and hilarious.

  — Oprah Daily

• Emotionally rich and quietly thought-provoking, this is simply a stunning debut.

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• A genuine book about art, love, friendship, chosen family, and America in this moment.

  — Harper’s Bazaar, “Best Beach Reads of 2024”

• Gorgeous . . . A novel as full as life itself, about art-making and love and friendship and making a way in the world, complicated, funny, questioning, moral.

  — Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

• Tender, introspective, and at times delightfully funny, this is the perfect book to bring on a road trip.

  — Time (15 LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pride)

• Eisenberg’s fiction debut feels like a swim in a heated pool after a long journey.

  — Los Angeles Times

• A genuine book about art, love, friendship, chosen family, and America in this moment.

  — Harper’s Bazaar

• Emotionally rich and quietly thought-provoking, this is simply a stunning debut.

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• A beautiful novel about art, community, and connection.

  — Rachel Khong, author of New York Times bestselling Real Americans