Praise for “While You Were Out”

  • New York Times Editors’ Choice

  • Los Angeles Times September Book Pick

  • Indie Next Book selection

  • Outstanding Work of Literature Award — Community Read

  • Amazon Editors’ Choice

  • Goodreads Best Books

  • Next Big Idea Selection

  • Earphones Award Winner: AudioFile Magazine

  • Chicago Library Best of the Best

  • “The raw intimacy of her prose exemplifies the empathy our society so desperately needs.” —
    The New York Times

  • “A startling, important book.” —
    Los Angeles Times

  • “Electric." — LA Review of Books 

  • “Spellbinding,”—Book Page — Starred review

  • “Stellar, extraordinarily affecting,” Lit Hub, Starred review

  • “A searing debut” — Publishers Weekly,
    Starred Review