In these stories, Joanna Pearson constructs exquisite, fine-tuned machines of wonder and dread. So skillful is her hand that we don't even see the ways the delicate gears of disaster and revelation are beginning to turn until the final click, in all its delicious inevitability. No one else writes stories like these; the brilliant Pearson is working at the top of her form.

Clare Beams, author of THE ILLNESS LESSON

Joanna Pearson's new collection is a dangerous delight: every combustible story within creates its own small explosion. Closely observed, subtly written, and expertly paced, these stories are nonetheless wild, burning with a fierce, unpredictable energy.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of MADELEINE IS SLEEPING and LIKES

Each story in More Happy Love glimmers with a crisp and eerie intelligence. Pearson is masterful at walking the thrilling ledge between the mind and its outward reaches.

Aysegül Savas, author of THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Just when the stories in More Happy Love seem about to end, they veer around one more corner, taking us somewhere creepy or illuminating or unexpected, but always somewhere exactly right. This is Joanna Pearson's gift. Her characters have unsettled pasts and unsettling presents, revealed via the constant of her elegantly precise prose. I loved these stories!

Lori Ostlund, author of ARE YOU HAPPY?

Sensitive, aching, and far-reaching . . . Joanna Pearson is an exquisite writer.

Julia Phillips, author of DISAPPEARING EARTH on BRIGHT AND TENDER DARK

Pearson's gift for texture and emotional resonance mark her as a talent to watch.

Publishers Weekly on BRIGHT AND TENDER DARK