Critical Praise

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

——The New Yorker

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

——People

"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