“‘Awake,’ wisely, isn’t set up as a survival manual. Instead, it’s about living life once you’ve gone past the breaking point, when the scaffolding collapses because the rotten base — a faulty worldview or a crumbling belief system — was exposed.”
These are words from Alissa Wilkinson in The New York Times review of AWAKE.
I read it on the plane holding my breath, finished the last beautiful sentence, and burst out crying. I cannot explain how much the reviewer “got” this book. Every time I thought of her final paragraph, I teared up.
Alissa captured exactly what I wanted AWAKE to be for you, for this community, for every reader.
My agent, Margaret, told me this is a “dream review,” and I couldn’t agree more. Telling a story this complex is a gauntlet, and hearing my deepest hopes for this book written back to me in someone else’s words was the greatest gift.
You can read the full review here and pre-order your copy of AWAKE: A Memoir here.