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Astute. --New York Times

Articulate, insightful.and substantial.Mr. Sedgwick provides a clear, incisive view of a complicated family. -- Janet Maslin, New York Times The individual stories are fascinating.With a writer's eye for detail, Sedgwick provides an unflinchingly honest chronicle of a...familial odyssey. -- Booklist Astute. -- New York Times Compelling family biography.These people are...like characters in a very good novel...[Sedgwick] writes with great confidence. -- Linda Wertheimer, NPR's Weekend Edition Ingenious.a lurid inversion of the American Dream...it...makes a larger point about the self protective mechanisms of American democracy. -- Wall Street Journal The combination of privilege and affliction is seductive. --Daily News Engrossing, affecting, and enlightening...A grand, candid, and sensitive family memoir...unique in its perspective on American history. --Donna Seaman, Chicago Tribune The individual stories are fascinating...With a writer's eye for detail, Sedgwick provides an unflinchingly honest chronicle of a...familial odyssey. --Booklist A gift...The Sedgwick story engages us with the powers and insights of a great novel. --Boston Globe Articulate, insightful...and substantial...Mr. Sedgwick provides a clear, incisive view of a complicated family. --Janet Maslin, New York Times Astute. --New York Times Compelling family biography...These people are...like characters in a very good novel...[Sedgwick] writes with great confidence. --Linda Wertheimer, NPR's Weekend Edition Ingenious...a lurid inversion of the American Dream...it...makes a larger point about the self protective mechanisms of American democracy. --Wall Street Journal [Sedgwick] offers up a very personal look at his family history. --Pages This reading promises to be an excellent portrait, not just of madness, but of one of the major American families. --Bostonist Sedgwick has a keen eye for detail...The finely honed prose glides along effortlessly. --Publishers Weekly Gorgeous...fascinating...it's John Sedgwick's struggles with his own health and identity that give this book its literary power. --USA Today Ingenious a lurid inversion of the American Dream...it...makes a larger point about the self protective mechanisms of American democracy. --Wall Street Journal Articulate, insightful and substantial Mr. Sedgwick provides a clear, incisive view of a complicated family. --Janet Maslin, New York Times Gorgeous...fascinating...it s John Sedgwick s struggles with his own health and identity that give this book its literary power. --USA Today Compelling family biography These people are...like characters in a very good novel...[Sedgwick] writes with great confidence. --Linda Wertheimer, NPR's Weekend Edition Engrossing, affecting, and enlightening...A grand, candid, and sensitive family memoir...unique in its perspective on American history. --Donna Seaman, Chicago Tribune A gift...The Sedgwick story engages us with the powers and insights of a great novel. --Boston Globe The combination of privilege and affliction is seductive. --Daily News This reading promises to be an excellent portrait, not just of madness, but of one of the major American families. --Bostonist Sedgwick has a keen eye for detail...The finely honed prose glides along effortlessly. --Publishers Weekly The individual stories are fascinating With a writer s eye for detail, Sedgwick provides an unflinchingly honest chronicle of a...familial odyssey. --Booklist [Sedgwick] offers up a very personal look at his family history. --Pages Astute. --New York Times

This reading promises to be an excellent portrait, not just of madness, but of one of the major American families. -- Bostonist

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John Sedgwick is the author of the novels The Dark House and The Education of Mrs. Bemis, and contributes regularly to Newsweek, GQ, and The Atlantic, among other publications. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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