There won’t be a better, more deeply affecting heart-crack of a book this year than John of John. Douglas Stuart has given us a gift so golden and holy, so singular and reverent, a pinprick of his spinning wheel that bleeds seawater and secrets. The labyrinth of the human soul is woven and unfurled and stitched back together over 400 perfect pages of loneliness, faith, desire, home, shame, and deep, unyielding love.
John of John by Douglas Stuart, (List Price: $28, Grove Press, 9780802167194, May 2026)
Reviewed by Emily, Thank You Books in Birmingham, AL