Critical Praise

"Well-written [and] harrowing."

——Publishers Weekly

"Cooney tells it all with a fine and rare mix of black humor and bleak honesty."

——Kirkus Reviews

"A strong and honest book."

——Lewis Lapham, Editor of Harper's Magazine

"Cooney has woven keen insights, beloved memories and painful despair into a new memoir…This brutally honest chronicle [is] rich with darkly humorous metaphor."

——BookPage

"Novelist Cooney has woven keen insights, beloved memories and painful despair into a new memoir."

——BookPage

"Poignant…terrific…. Consider it a must-read."

——Booklist