SAINTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels The Engagements, Maine, and Commencement. Maine was named a 2011 Time magazine Best Book of the Year and a Washington Post Notable Book. The Engagements was one of PeopleMagazine’s Top Ten Books of 2013 and an Irish Times Best Book of the Year, and has been translated into seventeen languages. She has contributed to The New York Times Book Review, the Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Real Simple, and O: The Oprah Magazine, among many other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING
‘This year’s best book about family’ Ron Charles, The Washington Post
ON THE BOOKCASE
I completely devoured this book in two sittings. I would have preferred one but as I said earlier, those days are most certainly behind me. I’m almost convinced after reading Saints for all Occasions, I was an Irish immigrant in a previous life.
From a personal level, there was a certain sense of familiarity, especially in terms of family dysfunction, scandals and secrets. I’m normally one to shy away from family dysfunction on the page or screen, no matter how good the story line, having lived through it but this book manages love, life, all the craziness in between and the themes that go hand in hand with dysfunctional family life well.
Courtney’s writing style is easy to read and somewhat captivating. You’ll find this book hard to put down.
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