Reactions to Her Last Death
"Gripping "
The Jerusalem Post 5/22/2008
"A stunning debut memoir "
The Toronto Sun 3/9/2008
"Fine, direct writing ...a strong statement"
The Buffalo News 3/2/2008
"Unsettling...a page-turner"
BookReporter.com 2/17/2008
"A voice with a lot of integrity...a fantastic writer "
The Book Show - Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network 2/15/2008
"A glorious accounting of her time in hell"
Sulphur Springs News-Telegram 2/13/2008
"It's not a pretty story... but it's credible, and moving, and surely an inspiration "
HeadButler.com 2/5/2008
"Moving "
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle 2/3/2008
"Gourgeous...impossible to put down "
The Missoulian 2/3/2008
"Interesting and unpredictable "
The Tampa Tribune 2/3/2008
"You win, Susanna Sonnenberg. You have the worst mother in the world. "
The Houston Chronicle 1/31/2008
"Elegantly structured, compellingly rendered "
The Missoula Independent 1/31/2008
"Dramatic, powerful "
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1/24/2008
"A cautionary tale for children who wish they had more glamorous parents"
USA Today 1/24/08
"Enthralling"
OK! Magazine 1/2008
"An excellent and evocative work"
PSU Daily Vanguard 1/23/2008
"So ridiculous, it's very hard to believe"
The Calgary Herald, 1/20/2008
Book of the Week
The Week Magazine, 1/18/2008
"Beautifully observed"
People Magazine, Critic's Choice 1/14/2008
"Freaky"
The Washington Post 1/11/2008
"Gorgeously written, transcendent, profound"
Caroline Leavitt , Dame Magazine 1/2008
"Painful in its truth, searing in its candor"
The San Francisco Chronicle 1/4/2008
"Fiercely observed, fluently written"
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times 12/21/2007
"Mesmerizing"
The New York Observer 1/1/2008
"Free of self-pity, she describes her journey to save herself"
BookSense Pick January 2008
"A blockbuster"
Elle - Readers' Prize 2008, February 2008
"Riveting, honest, sexy, smart"
Rosie O'Donnell January 2008
"A brave account...unflinching "
"Compulsively readable"
Vogue December 2007
"Bracing"
Entertainment Weekly 12/21/2007
Recommended reading
Janet Maslin, CBS News 12/16/2007
"Precise, unsparing, luminous"
Library Journal, starred review 12/15/2007
"A good dose of drug use, foul language, manipulative behaviors"
Publishers Weekly 10/8/2007
"Tragic...arresting"
The Kirkus Review 10/1/2007
Additional mentions, reviews and reprints:
BlogCritics Magazine 4/2/2008
Moli View 4/1/2008
The Winnepeg Sun 3/9/2008
The Edmonton Sun 3/9/2008
Metapsychology 3/4/2008
SheDoesTheCity.com 3/3/2008
Detroit Free Press 2/16/2008
AssociatedContent.com 2/13/2008
Rola Phoenicia 2/13/2008
Straight.com 2/7/2008
Jackie Danicki 2/3/2008
The New York Times: Inside the List 2/3/2008
Boston Globe 1/13/2008
The Rocky Mountain News 1/11/2008
Carroll Count Times 1/11/2008
The San Jose Mercury News 1/6/2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12/31/07
The St. Petersburg Times 12/30/2007
The Columbus Dispatch 12/29/2007
The International Herald Tribune 12/15/2007