Her funny, charming How to Sleep at Night is infused with enough warmth, depth and engrossing storylines that it overrides any concerns an otherwise burnt-out-on-politics reader might have about spending time on a novel that considers the impact one man’s decision to run for office has on his family ... Multilayered ... Harris is also great on the quotidian details of family life ... Sparkling.
Harris’s lively writing and the fast-moving narrative accompany what’s ultimately a bleak view of comfort in difficult times: The way to sleep at night, these characters find, is to secure your own future and make peace in your relationships, and then to think about what’s happening to the rest of the world as little as possible.
Exploring themes of ambition, loyalty, and how people evolve over time, this sly novel fits right in among other fiction which explores the personal side of politics.
