Critical Praise

"A smart, swift-paced debut . . . Ann embraces life with a wary insight that couldn't be more engaging."

——O: The Oprah Magazine

"Candid, perceptive . . . [McKenzie's] tales flail with reckless energy. . . . Appealingly idiosyncratic, sharpened throughout by a keen sense of humor."

——The Village Voice

"Smart, funny, and fiercely observant."

——Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Single-handedly reinvigorate[s] the coming-of-age genre."

——San Francisco Chronicle

"An original."

——The New York Times Book Review

"Hilarious."

——Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered

"Elizabeth McKenzie is an accomplished humorist and a developed stylist, and she wastes no time dazzling the reader with her clean direct language, her simple but searing use of metaphor and her unflinching eye."

——The New York Times Book Review