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‘So graceful, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe. Astonish Me is a treasure of small surprises’ Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette

‘Shipstead is a gifted writer who examines families and relationships in a poignant, insightful way’ Stylist

‘Étonnez-moi, Diaghilev famously challenged Jean Cocteau: ‘Astonish me.’ That’s a fair description of what Maggie Shipstead did to me on nearly every page of this impressive novel. Like its subject, the ballet, this book is intricately choreographed, technically demanding, yet seemingly relaxed, written in a prose of great emotional range and acuity. I will be paying close attention to Shipstead’s career from here on in’ Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Marriage Plot

‘Joyously good’ Daily Mail

‘Outrageously gifted’ Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls

‘The smart money has to be on Maggie Shipstead winning a Pulitzer before she is 50’ Allison Pearson