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‘Phenomenal … Shriver has the gift for making one instantly curious, entertained, involved and ready to move in – no matter what the property’

Observer

‘Shriver’s intellect and talent, her political convictions and her impressive confidence are all on display … assertive, frequently funny and altogether satisfying … her confident grasp of the material and her natural gifts as a storyteller will keep you in her spell and leave you, at the end, slightly altered … persuasive and richly entertaining’

New York Times

‘Genius’

Stylist

‘Whip-smart … Crisp, conversational and convincingly true to life, Shriver’s stories are a treat’

Daily Mail

‘Shriver remains a formidably sharp writer, one of the best we have’

Evening Standard

‘All Shriver’s stories are satisfying. I exhaled a little triumphant “Ha!” at the end of each one … Shriver is brilliant’

The Times

‘Shriver is the master of the neat twist’

Daily Express

‘Shriver is at her best here, an acerbic comedian, Dickensian in style, whose vibrant characters are best seen in dramatic action and dialogue’

Financial Times

‘At her best, she takes the familiar and mundane and turns it into something surprising and strange’

Sunday Express S Magazine

‘A pugnacious, brilliantly articulate, hilarious collection’

iNews

‘Wry and nimble … richly detailed … Shriver’s stories will make readers laugh when they feel they shouldn’t, and the uniting theme of houses and humans works exceedingly well, turning up new wrinkles with each successive story’

Publishers Weekly