“Hillary Huber’s narration has a sharp edge that deals effectively with the ironic humor that runs throughout this memoir.”
      —AudioFile

“Wonderfully intelligent and frank . . . snort-up-your-coffee funny, breezy yet profound, and poetic without trying.”
      —Kate Christensen, New York Times

“Readers will find themselves laughing out loud at Janzen’s wry commentary on themes that shouldn’t really be funny at all. The playful humor is balanced . . . with genuine thoughtfulness.”
      —BookPage

Janzen is always ready to gently turn the humor back on herself . . . and women will immediately warm to the self-deprecating honesty with which she describes the efforts of friends and family to help her re-establish her emotional well-being.”
      —Publishers Weekly [starred review]

“This book is not just beautiful and intelligent, but also painfully—even wincingly—funny. It is rare that I literally laugh out loud while Im reading, but Rhoda Janzen’s voice—singular, deadpan, sharp-witted, and honest—slayed me, with audible results. I have a list already of about fourteen friends who need to read this book. I will insist that they read it. Because simply put, this is the most delightful memoir I’ve read in ages.”
      —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

RHONDA JANZEN holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. She is the author of Babels Stair, a collection of poems, and her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review, and The Southern Review. She teaches English and creative writing at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.