Audition

One woman, one defining performance. Or two?

A thrilling, destabilizing novel that makes us question whether we truly know the people we love.

Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She is an acclaimed actress rehearsing for an upcoming premiere. He is attractive, troubled, young – young enough to be her son. Who is he to her and who is she to him?
In this brilliantly structured novel, two competing narratives unfold, rewriting our perception of the roles we play every day – partner, parent, creator, muse – and the truths that each performance conceals, especially from those who think they know us best.
Taut and gripping, Intimacies, is Katie Kitamura at her best.