Julia Pierpont writes fiction and essays about family strain, art, memory and the stories people use to organise a life after betrayal or loss. Among the Ten Thousand Things follows a New York family after the children discover evidence of their father’s affair, then shifts unexpectedly through time to show future consequences before returning to the immediate crisis. The Little Book of Feminist Saints, illustrated by Manjit Thapp, presents short, stylised portraits of women including artists, activists, scientists and political figures, functioning as a compact celebration rather than a comprehensive history. Pierpont’s fiction is character-led and structurally playful, especially interested in how one event changes the meaning of earlier family routines. Among the Ten Thousand Things is the stronger entry point for Pierpont’s fiction, especially for readers who like family novels where chronology itself reveals how one private crisis keeps changing meaning over time. Read more Less
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