



“A searing rumination on insecurity, secrecy, and friendship. Reading Astonish Me, I didn’t need to be astonished. She’s astonishing.” - Entertainment Weekly Shipstead’s youth may be a talking point, but her talent transcends it. “The inner lives of characters feel as real and immediate as the shifting settings they inhabit: still-gritty mid-1970s Manhattan, shabbily elegant Paris, the sunbaked suburban sprawl of Southern California. Astonish Me shines.” - San Francisco Chronicle “A grand arabesque into the world of dance. “A breathtaking work of art.” - O, The Oprah Magazine “I will be paying close attention to Shipstead’s career from here on in.” -Jeffrey Eugenides “A novel you must read.” -Ron Charles, The Washington Post “So dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe.” -Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette
