Faith has created a wonderfully likable and empathetic character longing for connection to others and reckoning with the next level of emotional maturity ... Faith presents interesting insights into the client-therapist relationship in this strong character-driven novel, featuring a realistic, even quirky portrayal of someone coming of age.
Faith masterfully balances Sylvie’s dialogue-heavy sessions with her counselor with unflinchingly honest descriptions of her inner thoughts and surroundings. Fans of Judith Rossner’s August and Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017) will enjoy this slow-paced novel of one woman’s journey to find happiness without asking for permission.
Witty and irreverent ... Faith’s razor-sharp prose and Sylvie’s fanciful thinking sustain the offbeat narrative. Readers will fall in love with this meditative and heartfelt novel.
