'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death'
- Guardian, 50 biggest books of autumn
'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else: her writing is clear, honest, witty, and just full of unsentimental humanity'
- Nigella Lawson
'Profound and clever and funny and wise'
- Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss
'Patchett's essays are both sharp and humane ... like a hugely enjoyable conversation with a particularly brilliant friend'
- Sadie Jones