In her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives. Miranda July reveals how a single moment can change everything. Whether writing about a middle-aged woman's obsession with Prince William or an aging factory worker who has never been in love, the result is startling, tender and sexy by turns.
Miranda July is a brilliant new voice in fiction.
<I>Intimate, original and more than a little strange, these are tales about people who are baffled and often overwhelmed by life.</I>
<I>Thereâs beauty and tenderness here as well as great wit and, like the best stories, a delicious sense of the unexpected</I>
MetroJuly's short fiction is quirky and self-consciously postmodern in style . . . The best of her stories adds a depth of emotional truth which can persuade you to believe in her most oddball worlds.
Helen Chappell, Tribune"July's truth seems 'authorless, writ by time itself' and she is marvellous."
"Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original voice -- seductive, sometimes erotic, and a little creepy, too."
"These stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, profound. Miranda July is a very real writer, and has one of the most original voices to appear in fiction in many years. Fans of Lorrie Moore should rub this book all over themselves -- she's got that perfect balance of humor and pathos. There has been no more enjoyable and promising a debut collection in many a moon."
Dave Eggers"[Miranda July] has written a fabulous collection of short stories - the majority [of which] are blisteringly good. July must be one of those lucky people who can do anything."
Josh Lacey, Guardian"In lesser hands the stories would be endlessly depressing. But July's inventive tales swing from laugh out loud funny to heart clenchingly sad. They are packed with wry observations and home truths about modern life."
Lucie Young, Saturday Telegraph"July is what Emily Dickinson might have become, if she had grown up in this age and become an indie filmmaker."
Washington Post"These delightful stories do that essential-but-rare story thing: they surprise. They skip past the quotidian, the merely real, to the essential, and do so with a spirit of tenderness and wonder that is wholly unique. They are (let me coin a phrase) July-esque, which is to say: infused with wonder at the things of the world."
George Saunders