Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in the day and a half I spent reading it, Little Failure is a window into immigrant agony and ambition, Jewish angst, and anybody's desperate need for a tribe. Readers who've fallen for Shteyngart's antics on the page will relish the trademark humor. But here it's laden and leavened with a deep, consequential, psychological journey. Brave and unflinching, Little Failure is his best book to date
Mary KarrIn my godless household, poems were the closest we came to sacred speech -- the only prayers said.
Mary KarrHaving a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.
Mary KarrI find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.
Mary KarrMotherโs particular devils had remained mysterious to me for decades. So had her past. Few born liars ever intentionally embark in truthโs direction, even those who believe that such a journey might axiomatically set them free.
Mary Karr