“Fates and Furies” is a literary fiction novel by Lauren Groff which follows the marriage, love, and trials of Lotto and Mathilde Satterwhite. Lotto and Mathilde first meet in college. "Fates and Furies" deals with important and classic themes that range from family, marriage, and the past to perception and theater as Lotto and Mathilde seek to make a life together amid the challenges that life in general throws at them.