"Reminiscent of both Colm Toibin's
Brooklyn and Matthew Thomas's
We Are Not Ourselves... All of Sullivan's characters leap off the page. You don't read this book; you breathe it." -Janet Maslin, "
Times Critics' Top Books of 2017,"
The New York Times "Fabulous and smart." --Emma Straub,
The New York Times Book Review "Moving... Eloquently testifies to the durability of the fabric of family... Touched with... warmth, kindness and gentle wisdom." --Sam Sacks,
Wall Street Journal "A breathtaking literary ode to life, change, and the unbreakable bonds of family." --
Redbook "Carefully plotted... Sullivan succeeds in creating a believably complicated, clannish Irish-American family... Engrossing." --Suzanne Berne,
The New York Times "An engrossing family drama... Sullivan's profound understanding of her characters and the Irish-Catholic culture that defines them illuminates every scene." --Kim Hubbard,
People Magazine "This year's best book about family... Elegant... Captivating... Deft and insightful... A quiet masterpiece...impressive.
Saints for All Occasions is so unassuming that its artistry looks practically invisible. In a simple style that never commits a flutter of extravagance, Sullivan draws us into the lives of the Raffertys, and in the rare miracle of fiction makes us care about them like they were our own family." --Ron Charles,
The Washington Post "A blockbuster...An engrossing family drama with feisty humor and transformative tough love."
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Elle "I hope to read another novel as strong and wise and beautiful and heartbreaking as J. Courtney Sullivan's
Saints for All Occasions this year, but I'm not sure I will."
--Richard Russo