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Praise for Rodham
In this entertaining political fantasy… Sittenfeld movingly captures Hillary’s awareness of her transformation into a complicated public figure.
Publisher’s Weekly
Praise for Sorry for You Trouble
Once again, virtuoso Ford deftly sails the seas and storms of consciousness.
Booklist (starred review)
Praise for Finding Your Own North Star
Cheerful and perceptive.
Publisher’s Weekly
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 City of Girls
Sparkling… City of Girls begs big questions about sex, chosen families, and being a woman.
Marie Claire
Praise for The Book of Longings
A daring leap into historical fiction . . . Deeply researched and reverent, The Book of Longings explores the importance of women making their voices heard in a time when the powers that be strove to keep them silent.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Praise for Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
Shameless is one of the most important, life-changing books I’ve ever read. Expertly-crafted and lovingly delivered, it serves as both a bomb and a balm
Rachel Held Evans, author of Searching for Sunday and Inspired
Praise for No Visible Bruises
Compulsively readable…. As gripping as good fiction, as intimate as memoir and deeply informed, [No Visible Bruises] will save lives.
The Washington Post
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 Loved and Wanted
Loved and Wanted is a book that accurately depicts how much some Americans want women to suffer. Everyone should read this book.
Sarah Manguso, author of Ongoingness: The End of a Diary