Critical Praise

"[A] devastatingly raw appraisal of a nearly 30-year marriage...heart-wrenching."

—Publishers Weekly

"Rafael Yglesias's novel --- long and graceful and written to display an intimacy wincingly believable --- is about life, itself, not just one particular marriage. As the book alternates between past and present, we grow, along with the characters: as they jump boundaries, so do we; as they resign themselves to a sad inevitability, we feel viscerally cornered, too. It's a punch-in-the-stomach book, but the sharpness forces us to open our eyes wide. Impressive."

—Ann Beattie, author of Follies

"A profound deliberation on the nature of love, marriage and the process of dying.... A tour de force... [Yglesias] has found the novel of his life."

—The New York Times

"Maybe marriage is the oldest story in the world, but in Mr. Yglesias' tender, funny, rueful telling, the lifelong relationship is the story of life itself."

—The Wall Street Journal