American life Quote by Dan Chaon

Intelligent, heartfelt stories that tell a whole new set of truths about growing up American. Julie Orringer writes with virtuosity and depth about the…

— George Saunders

“And this, even more wonderful and mysterious, is also true: when I read it, when I read what Julie's written, she is instantly alive…

— Elizabeth Wein

“What’s strange about the whole thing is that although it’s riddled with nonsense, altogether it’s true – Julie’s told our story, mine and hers,…

— Elizabeth Wein

“If only others knew that Lady Calpurnia Hartwell, proper, well-behaved spinster, entertained deep-seated and certainly unladylike thoughts about fictional heroes.”

— Sarah MacLean

“I look into Julie's face. Not just at it, but into it. Every pore, every freckle, every faint gossamer hair. And then the layers…

— Isaac Marion

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what…

— Colleen McCullough

Gillian [Jacobs] is brilliant, and it was Lena Dunham that recommended her. I didn't see her in the part, but Lena told me that…

— Mike Birbiglia

“Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.”

— V.C. Andrews

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.

— Allen Leech

“People in books were always so charming, and all their thoughts and actions so comprehensible. They all invariably had a clear, well-defined object in…

— Lyubov Dostoyevskaya

My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her…

— Patricia MacLachlan

“Claire Fitzpatrick, an Australian content writer who proofread the novel for me. Thanks Claire.”

— Srinu Pandranki