"A beautiful, startling demystification of queer family . . . a portrait of a woman who is, at once, wholly ordinary and not quite like any literary mother who came before." -- Vogue

"Sublimely weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny." -- New York Times

"[A] gloriously messy, eminently Floridian tale of family dysfunction. . . . Arnett pays brutal, forensic attention to the pain that festers when family members ignore their wounds and those that they inflict on others." --The Atlantic

"Absolutely captivating and scathingly frank . . . strangely shrewd and tender . . . Arnett is that rare, brave writer willing to articulate the darkest thoughts even the best parents entertain while trudging along through the most challenging job in the world." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"Gripping [and] un-put-down-able . . . a story with a chewy, sinewy bite that will leave you hard-pressed to look away." --USA Today

"Arnett [is] adept at staging sensuous tragicomedies against the often-freakish backdrop of Florida. . . . Come for the wackiness and wonder of queer family dynamics, stay for the poignant portrait of motherhood on the brink." --O, The Oprah Magazine