The New York Times Book
Review
“An appealingly dark first novel . . . authentic,
substantial and engaging.”
Vanity Fair
“A Girl Becomes A Comma Like That
adds an emphatic exclamation point to the start of a promising career.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Smart and stylish . . . Lyrical and sophisticated.”
O Magazine
“[An] edgy debut novel.”
The San Diego Union-Tribune
“[Glatt] dares to infuse dark humor where tear-jerking
sentimentality would be easier. Sex and death are big and bold in her
custody, the female body an enigma of pleasure, fertility and disease.
Glatt balances so much so masterfully; it's a powerful debut.”
Daily Candy
“Weirdly romantic. Ferociously intelligent.
Ridiculously well written and compulsively readable.”
Publishers Weekly
“Glatt's clear-eyed rendering of the complexities
of relationships between friends and family enriches a story in which
the steps toward healing are small and tentative, but moving nevertheless.”
Miami Herald
“This novel may be a scream of pure pain, but
its wisdom and touching examination of grace and instability under pressure
are unforgettable.”
Rain Taxi
“Fearless and deeply felt.”
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Omaha World-Herald
“Glatt moves from protagonist to protagonist deftly, switching
voices with ease.”
The Journal News
“A Girl Becomes A Comma Like That is an accomplished,
elegant, inky-black tragicomedy that raises gallows humor to a heartrending
art form . . . . [T]his is a rare, bright, glass-cuttingly-sharp jewel
of a book.”
BUST
“Glatt fills her pages with women who are so complex and truthfully
portrayed, you'll swear you know at least one of them. The end result
is a haunting, unforgettable book that admirably manages to be both
touching and shocking.”
The Washington Post
“Sad, yes, but also comic.”
Amazon.com, Breakout Book: Summer 2004
“Smart, funny, with a dark sensibility, this tight novel-in-stories
marks the arrival of a bold new voice.”
Press-Telegram
“Heartbreaking and hilarious.”
LA Weekly
“A less honest writer could mine only melodrama from the lives
of these seemingly self-defeated women, but Glatt plays out the ordinary
details of their lives with such unadorned authenticity that you can’t
help but either find yourself in them or admire them.”
ELLE
“A laugh out loud tearjerker.”
The Boston Globe
“A talented writer.”
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