Excavations : A Novel Hardback

BEST SUMMER READS OF 2023: Oprah Daily • Good Housekeeping • Brit + Co“Witty and acerbic, Myers’ debut is humorous and sharply written, as if Aubrey Plaza’s April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation decided to write a sun-drenched novel about feminism, friendship, and archeology.” —Booklist“Myers is adept at academic satire with a feminist bent . . . . Fresh, funny, intelligent, and deeply satisfying.”—Kirkus (Starred Review)Over a summer in sun-drenched Greece, four incompatible women digging into the past may just find the answers to their futures. On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact.

It’s a piece of history that definitely shouldn’t exist. And for the head archaeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something’s gone horribly wrong. Elise, Kara, Z and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn’t be farther apart.

Kara’s a polished conservator calling off her wedding.

Patty and her bowl cut are desperate for love. Millennial Z just got dumped and fired yet again. And Elise, their star excavator, is a lone wolf about to go rogue. To figure out what they’re really digging for, and to topple the man who wants to hide their history, these dirt-crusted colleagues have to become what they’ve avoided for years—friends.

If they put their own messes aside for one summer, they might just make the discovery of a lifetime.