RaveThe Washington PostBuntin’s story will remind you of your childhood, your first time sneaking out, the first time you realized drugs were around, the first time you noticed someone looking at you lustfully. But the novel is also a love letter to understanding motherhood and your own mother. It’s infused with a longing to get back the time you wasted being embarrassed by your parents. And that is how Buntin has cemented her first novel: steeped in nostalgia, as a crush-worthy visit to a childhood that is so very unhealthy and so very romantic in many ways.
