

How to Sleep at Night
A Novel
Author: Elizabeth Harris
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/07/2025
Categories: Fiction, Lgbtq+, Family Life, Political
Author: Elizabeth Harris
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/07/2025
Categories: Fiction, Lgbtq+, Family Life, Political
Elizabeth Harris is an award-winning reporter at The New York Times, where she covers books and the publishing industry. “How To Sleep At Night” is her first novel. She lives in New York City with her wife and kids.
This started off interesting but somehow got duller as time went on. A strange situation for a book that wants to bring biting commentary. Ultimately the heart of the book is very old-fashioned and not really that interested in fully addressing the problems we're presented at the start. Mixed politic......more
I was thrilled to be an early reader on this meaningful, funny, wise book. As we dive once again into political turmoil, it’s fascinating to see the art produced from politics and our fractured, national climate, particularly this beautiful story that tells of our divisions and what brings us togeth......more
I wasn't really sure what the point of How To Sleep At Night, NYT journalist Elizabeth Harris's debut novel, was. It sells itself as being about a progressive gay New York couple, Ethan and Gabe, who find themselves at odds when Ethan decides to run for Congress as a Republican, but even this plotli......more
Ethan and Gabe are a happily married couple with a daughter, thriving careers, and a house in the suburbs. Then Ethan announces his plan to run for Congress. As a Republican. Gabe, a dyed-in-the-wool progressive couldn't be less happy about this but he loves his husband so he unhappily agrees. Meanw......more
Actual rating 4.5. This novel looks at what happens to a marriage when you’re not just on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but one of you is so far in they’re running for office! I loved the complex relationship between Ethan and Gabe, with their political opinions almost like the third perso......more