Shout Her Lovely Name

<p>A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book<br />Nuanced and smart . . . Serber knows that neglect or disconnect doesn t always turn into trauma or damage. Life isn t algebra. Which events lead to pain and which to growth and awareness remains unpredictable. The one reliable truth is that mistakes illuminate the most albeit with fractured light.<br /><em>The New York Times Book Review </em><br />Mothers and daughters ride a familial tide of joy pride regret guilt and love in these acclaimed stories of flawed resilient women. Wheat bread and plain yogurt become weapons in a battle between a teenage daughter and her mother. An aimless college student married to her much older professor sneaks cigarettes while caring for their newborn son. On the eve of her husband s fiftieth birthday a pilfered fifth of rum rogue teenagers and an unexpected tattoo has a woman questioning her place in her children s lives. And we follow through two decades the family created when capricious magnetic Ruby an ambitious college student becomes a single mother to cautious daughter Nora in 1970s California. <em>Shout Her Lovely Name</em> is a funny bittersweet (<em>Vanity Fair</em>) book that announces the arrival of a stunning new writer.<br />Powerful and disquieting . . . Serber writes with exquisite patience and sensitivity and is an expert in the many ways that love throws people together and splits them apart often at the same time.<br /><em>The Wall Street Journal</em><br />Always Serber's writing sparkles: practical strong brazenly modern marbled with superb descriptions . . . Take my word: <em>Shout Her Lovely Name</em> will reach inside readers and squeeze. On second thought don't take my word. Read these lovely stories.<br /><em>San Francisco Chronicle</em><br /><br />www.natalieserber.com "</p>