I Am Agatha

Nancy Foley

ISBN 10: 1668098571 / ISBN 13: 9781668098578

Published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Mär 2026, 2026

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Neuware - "A beautiful love story and meditation on grief, memory, art, and the deepest secrets we hold to keep living." Angie Kim "Reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith s magnificent Ripley novels.Brilliant and wily.Captivating." Maureen Corrigan "Wry, tender, and deeply original." Christina Baker Kline For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Virgina Evans, a darkly funny and moving debut novel about the unforgettable Agatha, whose devotion to a widow with dementia (and an inconvenient attachment to her daughter s grave) sparks a radical reckoning with life, loss, and love s aftermath.Agatha, a bristly painter fleeing her own darkness, decamps to rural New Mexico to live the reclusive life of a small-town curmudgeon. It is there she meets Alice, a mild widow with a deepening case of dementia who keeps steady vigil at her daughter s backyard grave. Despite Agatha s rough edges and fierce aversion to sentimentality, she surprises herself by falling in love, and her well-worn convictions begin to upend. As Alice s condition worsens, Agatha hatches a plan for them to live together at her remote residence at Mesa Portales. But when Alice s wayward son comes along with different ideas and Alice suddenly goes missing Agatha takes matters into her own hands with the help of a faithful thirteen-year-old-neighbor, a pair of shovels, and her trusty pickup, embarking on an unusual mission that calls into question whether some secrets are better kept buried. Sharp, watchful, at once thrillingly perceptive and hidden from herself, Agatha is as imposing as the vast landscape her rustic adobe home overlooks. Loosely inspired by the life of Agnes Martin, I Am Agatha introduces us to this irascible, indelible character who learns over a stretch of strange, singular days new ways to fathom life, death, and her own heart.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Am Agatha
• Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Mär 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1668098571
• ISBN 13: 9781668098578
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 218W x 142H x 29D millimeters 218 millimeters width by 142 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 344 grams

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Synopsis

“A beautiful love story and meditation on grief, memory, art, and the deepest secrets we hold to keep living.” —Angie Kim • “Reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith’s magnificent Ripley novels...Brilliant and wily...Captivating.” —Maureen Corrigan • “Wry, tender, and deeply original.” —Christina Baker Kline

For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Virgina Evans, a darkly funny and moving debut novel about the unforgettable Agatha, whose devotion to a widow with dementia (and an inconvenient attachment to her daughter’s grave) sparks a radical reckoning with life, loss, and love’s aftermath.

Agatha, a bristly painter fleeing her own darkness, decamps to rural New Mexico to live the reclusive life of a small-town curmudgeon. It is there she meets Alice, a mild widow with a deepening case of dementia who keeps steady vigil at her daughter’s backyard grave. Despite Agatha’s rough edges and fierce aversion to sentimentality, she surprises herself by falling in love, and her well-worn convictions begin to upend.

As Alice’s condition worsens, Agatha hatches a plan for them to live together at her remote residence at Mesa Portales. But when Alice’s wayward son comes along with different ideas—and Alice suddenly goes missing—Agatha takes matters into her own hands with the help of a faithful thirteen-year-old-neighbor, a pair of shovels, and her trusty pickup, embarking on an unusual mission that calls into question whether some secrets are better kept buried.

Sharp, watchful, at once thrillingly perceptive and hidden from herself, Agatha is as imposing as the vast landscape her rustic adobe home overlooks. Loosely inspired by the life of Agnes Martin, I Am Agatha introduces us to this irascible, indelible character who learns—over a stretch of strange, singular days—new ways to fathom life, death, and her own heart.

About the Author

Nancy Foley grew up in New Mexico. She has been a writer in residence at Hedgebrook, and divides her time between New Mexico and Oregon. I Am Agatha is her first novel.