Mona Simpson is the author of Anywhere But Here, The Lost
Father, A Regular Guy, Off Keck Road, and My
Hollywood. Off Keck Road won the Heartland Prize from
the Chicago Tribune and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner
Award. She has received a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Guggenheim
grant, a Lila Wallace Readers Digest Writers’ Award, and, recently,
a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Simpson is on the faculty at UCLA and also teaches at Bard
College.
www.monasimpson.com
“A heart-breaker. . . . [Has] enormous emotional power. . . .
Simpson’s story unfolds with magnetic force.” —The Boston Globe
“Lovely. . . . Hit[s] just the right notes of charm, humor, satire,
sincerity. . . . Casebook is about a mother’s legacy to her
son—important life lessons, well learned.” —San Francisco
Chronicle
“Captivating. . . . Lyrically capture[s] the time between childhood
and adulthood, as fleeting and delicate as the golden-hour light
that filmmakers chase.” —The Washington Post
“Simpson’s beautifully crafted novel shows us a reconfigured
California family through the eyes of a smart, funny adolescent
longing to keep hope alive.” —People
“Singular and haunting. . . . Filled with the quirky and succinct
descriptions for which Simpson’s celebrated.” —NPR
“[A] wonderful novel. . . . A funny and sad drama about intimacies,
deception and growing up.” —The Guardian (London)
“Simpson’s sixth novel is full of insight, even as it showcases her
deft touch with character creation.” —The Christian Science
Monitor
“Adult relationships are the true mystery here. Simpson manipulates
the tropes of suspense fiction astutely, and the touches of noir
are delicate.” —The New Yorker
“A hybrid of Harriet the Spy and Chandler’s Phillip Marlow books.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Deftly tracks the unraveling of a family through the eyes of a
child and then young teenager. . . . The childlike simplicity of
Simpson’s prose juxtaposes touchingly with the mature themes with
which she’s dealing.” —The Huffington Post
“Displays Simpson’s signature impressionism. . . . Charming,
sure-footed and as engaging as ever.” —Star Tribune
(Minneapolis)
“Just as in Anywhere But Here, Simpson’s central, complicated
relationship of parent and child is both a motif and a window into
bared hearts. . . . Miles is an extraordinary
character—exceptionally intuitive, observant, feeling.” —Los
Angeles Review of Books
“Remarkable. . . . Simpson effortlessly snares readers inside a
full, intimate world. . . . Simpson allows readers to relish the
innocence of childhood and the intense yearning to discover the
secrets of life.” —The Miami Herald
“Simpson once again proves herself a master.” —The New York Journal
of Books
“Extraordinary. . . . Bracingly astute. . . . Brisk, beautifully
modulated writing. . . . [Simpson] create[s] real kids in all their
uniqueness and aching vulnerability.” —The Toronto Star
“A classic coming-of-age novel, a beautifully written example of
the genre. . . . A word of warning: this is not a book to finish in
a public space. Save the final few pages for private reading. This
family romance deserves your undivided, teary attention.”
—PopMatters
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