Karro: A Novel
Jenny Mustard
Apr 2027 · Penguin Random House Audio
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Elena Ferrante meets Katie Kitamura in this sensual, contemporary reimagining of Anna Karenina, in which one woman's pursuit of desire threatens to destroy everything she has—and everything she thought she wanted.
On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Karro has everything: a husband on the rise in London politics, a beautiful son, a luxurious Edwardian home, and money enough to waste her days on literature and the occasional dose of opium. When Karro falls into a consuming affair with a younger American artist, what begins as an awakening soon becomes a scandal, and society’s repercussions are immediate and severe. Karro's desires force her on a desperate pursuit of happiness—one that threatens to unravel not only her sense of self, but her entire existence.
Moving seamlessly between the high-society circles of London, Stockholm, the Côte d’Azur, and New York, Karro bravely revisits the age-old concept of the fallen woman and asks what it means to fall from grace today. An impassioned reimagining of Anna Karenina told in a first-person both tender and piercing, Karro is a psychologically astute and searingly honest portrait of a woman collapsing under the weight of motherhood and society's expectations. Like the wolf who chews off her own limb to escape, will Mustard's Karro be able to free herself before it's too late? And in our contemporary age, what shape might that freedom take?
On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Karro has everything: a husband on the rise in London politics, a beautiful son, a luxurious Edwardian home, and money enough to waste her days on literature and the occasional dose of opium. When Karro falls into a consuming affair with a younger American artist, what begins as an awakening soon becomes a scandal, and society’s repercussions are immediate and severe. Karro's desires force her on a desperate pursuit of happiness—one that threatens to unravel not only her sense of self, but her entire existence.
Moving seamlessly between the high-society circles of London, Stockholm, the Côte d’Azur, and New York, Karro bravely revisits the age-old concept of the fallen woman and asks what it means to fall from grace today. An impassioned reimagining of Anna Karenina told in a first-person both tender and piercing, Karro is a psychologically astute and searingly honest portrait of a woman collapsing under the weight of motherhood and society's expectations. Like the wolf who chews off her own limb to escape, will Mustard's Karro be able to free herself before it's too late? And in our contemporary age, what shape might that freedom take?
Elena Ferrante meets Katie Kitamura in this sensual, contemporary reimagining of Anna Karenina, in which one woman's pursuit of desire threatens to destroy everything she has—and everything she thought she wanted.
On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Karro has everything: a husband on the rise ...
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About the author
Jenny Mustard is a writer and creative, born in Sweden and dividing her time between Sweden and London. Jenny and her work have been featured in the Observer, the Independent, Vogue, Stylist, the Evening Standard and elsewhere. She has over 600K followers, and more than 60 million views on YouTube. Her acclaimed debut novel, Okay Days, was published in 2023 and her second novel, What a Time to Be Alive, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, was published in 2025. Her third novel, Karro, is forthcoming from Tin House in 2027. To date, her novels have been translated into ten languages.
Jenny Mustard is a writer and creative, born in Sweden and dividing her time between Sweden and London. Jenny and her work have been featured in the Observer, the Independent, Vogue, Stylist, the Evening Standard and elsewhere. She has over 600K followers, and more than 60 million views on YouTub...
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