Meg Wolitzer’s novels include The Interestings; The Uncoupling; The Ten-Year Nap; The Position; and The Wife. Wolitzer’s short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize. About The Interestings, the New York Times Book Review said, “Remarkable . . . [The Interestings’s] inclusive vision and generous sweep place it among the ranks of books like Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom and Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot. The Interestings is warm, all-American, and acutely perceptive about the feelings and motivations of its characters, male and female, young and old, gay and straight; but it’s also stealthily, unassumingly, and undeniably a novel of ideas. . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”
"It’s been a long while since a book has pulled me in this way; I
read it leaning forward, figuratively on the edge of my seat with
my heart in my throat. I had no idea what was coming, but I was
hungry to get there. So subtly plotted and painfully beautiful, I
couldn’t put it down. Meg Wolitzer is a an amazing storyteller.”
—Jacqueline Woodson, winner of the National Book Award
for Brown Girl Dreaming
"Wolitzer has imagined a world for young readers
that celebrates the sacred, transcendent power of
reading and writing." —The New York Times Book Review
“Expect depth and razor sharp wit in this YA novel from the author
of The Interestings.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A prep school tale with a supernatural-romance touch, from genius
adult novelist Meg Wolitzer.” —Glamour
“Basically everything Meg Wolitzer writes is worth reading, usually
over and over again, and her YA debut…is no exception.”
—TeenVogue.com
“Demonstrates the power of words to heal.” —The Washington
Post
“A riveting exploration of the human psyche…Wolitzer's teenage
characters are invigorated, flawed, emotionally real and intensely
interesting. Even as readers fold back the layers of the story and
discover unexpected truths and tragedies, the plot maintains an
integrity that has come to be hallmark of Wolitzer's novels.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“A smart and engrossing tale of trauma, trust, and triumph.”
—School Library Journal, starred review
"A strong, original book." —Publishers Weekly, starred
review
“Wolitzer handles Jam’s increasingly complex psychological state
with delicate, nonjudgmental nuance …teen readers, especially rabid
Plath fans, will relish Wolitzer’s deeply respectful treatment of
Jam’s realistic emotional struggle.” —Booklist
“Enlivened by humor, memorable characters and a page-turning
mystery only revealed in its final pages, Belzhar explores the role
of trauma in young lives.” —BookPage
"But Jam herself is a fantastic portrait of a girl somehow younger
than her own age, unable to cope with the hardships of being a
teenager, and the final twist of the novel reveals an unexpected
aspect to her character that makes her all the more
heartbreaking." —The Daily Beast
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