RaveThe Womens Review of BooksI loved this book, thoroughly enjoyed it in myriad ways ... a fabulous novel, a
rollicking read, one that leaves you feeling a little lost and a lot seen ... Unferth writes with a fierce and wise sense of justice and fun, never bothering to ask, \'What’s the point?\' She knows better than that. Instead, she has written her brains out and given us all this absolute shivering pleasure of a book ... reads like a movie, fast and funny, with achingly visual sentences .... This book doesn’t preach or plead; it simply tells the truth in the form of a great story, in an entertaining and shame-free way, narrated by a host of characters that are resonant ... At times, the author speaks directly to the reader, which I found exciting and respectful. It helped yank me out of a story that’s at times—necessarily quite lunatic. Deb Olin Unferth verbalizes the vague unease I feel living in this militarized and money-obsessed country that still manages to be full of wonderful people.
