Fourteen days : an unauthorized gathering

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns,Fourteen Daysis an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voicefrom Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham.

Oneweek into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattanhave begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenantssome of whom have barely spoken to each otherbecome real neighbors. In thisDecameron-like serial novel,general editorsMargaret Atwood andDouglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the peoplewhocouldntescape when the pandemic hit. Adazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative,Fourteen Daysreveals howbeneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.

Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Joseph Cassara, Jennine Cap Crucet, Angie Cruz, Pat Cummings, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Douglas Preston, Alice Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang, Caroline Randall Williams, DeShawn Charles Winslow, and Meg Wolitzer!