No One You Know
What if the only way forward is to let go of everything you know?
Kate's life in the Hudson Valley seems picture-perfect: a thriving career as a realtor-slash-momfluencer, a devoted husband in Ethan, and a strong bond with her brilliant teenage daughter, Indie. But when Indie's best friend dies suddenly, their idyllic small-town haven begins to crumble. Kate and Ethan lose their footing, and Indie, alone in her grief, falls down an internet rabbit hole of nihilism and existential despair.
As Indie searches for meaning in a world that feels random and cruel, Kate struggles to reconcile her carefully curated online persona with the raw, unyielding grief tearing her family apart. When long-buried family secrets rise to the surface, she is forced to confront unsettling truths that challenge everything she thought she knew—about marriage, motherhood, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Told in the dual voices of a mother and daughter grappling with loss, this novel is filled with poignant observations on the heartbreak of parenthood, the joys of best friendship, the challenges of class and political divides, the minefield of infidelity in a small town, and the bitter truth that death can touch everything we love. No One You Know is a novel to devour and discuss.
Advance Praise
"The book's every sentence practically thrums with a mother's love, and the overall conclusion is one of great poignance. 'No One You Know' pulls the heart."
— Joshua Ferris
Author of A Calling for Charlie Barnes
"A deeply satisfying, intimate novel about the fragile filaments that bind us and the ghosts who shape our life... this fantastically vivid study of a family come undone is your next book club book."
— Samantha Hunt
Author of The Dark Dark
"A heartbreaking, keenly observed novel about love and loss and all the territories in between."
— Jenny Offill
Author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather
"A smart and lovely novel about love, death, family, friendship and, importantly, Mid-Hudson Valley real estate. Grab a flat white and be transported by Tourtelot's prose."
— Gary Shteyngart
Author of Our Country Friends