Highly inventive, astute and funny ... A thought-provoking reflection on loneliness, love and the search for connection

Observer

Hilarious … Crossan's deadpan style is bone-dry, and Dolores's conversations with Zoey are the best bits of all

Daily Mail

Deep, relatable, depressing, and darkly funny ... Crossan has a knack for capturing utterly normal conversations and trains of thought in ways that are arresting ... Propelled by its style and by the beauty of its prose … Keeps the reader gripped until the last page … It is a deep exploration of the intricacies of human connections and intimacy, as well as an examination of trauma (especially childhood trauma) and its ability to influence our lives, even if we are determined not to let it do so

Irish Independent

A singular writer with her own style and conviction ... Thought-provoking ... How do we write about trauma? Ask Sarah Crossan

The Times

Dark humour and offbeat tenderness enhance the intense readability of a book that has plenty to say about contemporary intimacy

Mail on Sunday

Funny and dark. Tender and tough. Uncanny and relatable ... A searing novel about true intimacy and the things humans will do to protect themselves from it. You've never read anything quite like it, and only Sarah Crossan could have written it

Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key and Watch Her Fall