Blazingly original. HER KIND is a poignant and revelatory meditation on motherhood, womanhood, and the friendships that sustain both. This novel will nourish, inspire, and console you—you'll want to stay in it as long as you can.”

—T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls and Whidbey

Sophie Lefens has given me exactly what I hope for in a novel: Her Kind is both poetic and propulsive, beautifully written and un-put-down-able. What moved me most about this book is its generous, expansive idea of family—who we build our lives around, who we can count on, who shows up, who stays.

—Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful and A Suit or a Suitcase

Sophie Lefens is a writer from Chicago. Her debut novel Her Kind is forthcoming from Mariner Books at HarperCollins. It will be available on October 13, 2026.