Finalist for the 2024 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
"Absolutely gorgeous. Taut as a thriller, lovely as a watercolor."—Jennifer Croft
"Deft and insightful. . . . exceptional."—Idra Novey
As ill-fated decisions stack up, jeopardizing the nameless narrator's marriage and mental health, she takes a spontaneous trip to reunite with her mother in Albania, where her life in the United States is put into stark relief. When she returns to face the consequences of her actions, she must question what is real and what is not. Ruminative and propulsive, Ledia Xhoga's debut novel, Misinterpretation, interrogates the darker legacies of family and country, and the boundary between compassion and self-preservation.
