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Praise for Inland
It’s a voyage of hilarious and harrowing adventures. . . . [N]ot just a literary effect of Obreht’s gorgeous prose; it’s an uncanny representation of the indeterminate nature of life in this place of brutal geography.
Ron Charles, The Washington Post
Praise for The Confession Club
Berg effortlessly wraps her arms around this busy universe of quirky characters with heartbreaking secrets and unflagging faith.
Publishers Weekly
Praise for On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
On Being Human—is heartbreaking and triumphant. And it has plenty to teach us about listening, forgiving, and ultimately, finding peace.
Goop
Praise for Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
An important memoir that should be required reading for anyone who has never struggled with poverty.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Praise for The Resisters
Inventive, funny, and tender, The Resisters is about family, baseball, and the future—but more than anything, it is about freedom, and it is about us—here, now.
Allegra Goodman, author of The Chalk Artist
Praise for Survival Math
Survival Math is the best memoir I’ve read in ages. With honesty, insight, and a tremendous amount of heart, Mitchell S. Jackson takes us deep into the stories that made, ruined, and saved him. It’s intimate and wise; poignant and compassionate; redemptive and raw.
Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
Praise for Apeirogon
All I can really tell you is, read McCann’s book. It’s an important book. It’s quite possibly a great book.
Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours
Praise for The Lucky Star
Forthcoming, 2020