Critical Praise

"Daum brings a crisp, wisecracking voice to her novel... an admirably nuanced view of the American heartland."

——The New Yorker

"Reads like The Bridges of Madison County etched in acid... The simple life never looked so complicated."

——Time

"Daum's enormous comic gift --- and her ability to use it in the service of fundamentally serious issues --- is an unexpected delight."

——The New York Times Book Review

"[A] funny, literate... entertaining, and often touching story of a single woman lurching into her thirties."

——People