This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

As sweet as it is inventive, profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is big-hearted.

* Maria Semple *
A terrific novel, funny and moving, wistful and wise. Evison’s writing crackles on the page. * Jess Walter *
Evison is a ridiculously gifted storyteller … an irresistible, inventive novel full of important ideas about how we live our lives as parents, children, partners, and human beings. * Jami Attenberg *
A gifted raconteur with a wicked sense of humor and an unflagging empathy for humankind in all its sad, foible-filled magnificence. * Patrick DeWitt *
Told through flashbacks, the novel is adeptly narrated by a third-person figure…This wistful story is a charming read about life, love and mother-daughter relationships! * i (Independent) *
Jonathan packs an entire life - many lives - into this fine book, and does so with the empathy and insight of a writer at the top of his game. * Ben Fountain *
Insightful, richly entertaining … Evison writes humanely and with good humour of his characters, who like the rest of us, muddle through too often without giving ourselves much of a break. A lovely, forgiving character study that’s a pleasure to read. * Kirkus Reviews *