"A wonderful debut. With confidence and aplomb, Gilson has given us a loveably unlikable character that screams out once and for all a message for the ages, "I'm serious -- stop laughing at me!" -- Michael Steven Gregory, writer/director and executive director of the Southern California Writers Conference
"In Sylvia, a driven woman on the brink of 30, Gilson has created a protagonist immersed in a tenuous world of illusions, longing and superficial beauty. This sparkling debut novel is full of wit, laugh-out-loud moments, and deep poignancy, as Sylvia races headlong toward her own truth." -- Dave Harmon, author of Powderburns
"A laugh-out-loud roller coaster ride through an age I'm happy to have left behind. A little more sex would have been good, but Anna always was rather prudish." -- Anna's mother
And ripped from tomorrow's headlines...
"Riveting, smoldering, galloping prose! Destined to be an epic for our time...Gilson rocks!" -- Rolling Stone"Like 'The Color Purple' meets 'Fight Club.' Oh, hell, not really. But it's good." -- The Throckmorton Banner-Herald
"Fruity, with a slightly oaky nose and undertones of pencil lead and singed orange rind." -- The Wine Enthusiast
"When Thirty Wishes finishes circling the globe, it could change geopolitical balances for a generation." -- The Economist
"Must-read reading for young, single professionals troweling for love in the chunky me-centric soup of modern society." -- Cosmopolitan
"Once again, Gilson's razor-wit and polarizing social commentary vexes the heart and infuriates the intellect." -- The New Yorker
"Move over Bridget Jones, you're a sad mad cow next to Gilson's delightfully vain Sylvia." -- Midwestern Woman
"A giddy, gratifying romp about the woman I'm afraid I'll end up marrying!" -- Maxim
"It's the book I want to sleep with, but am scared to wake up to!" -- Bachelor Magazine
Okay, so, not all of the above quotes are real -- my mom actually thought it had just the right amount of sex. Well, and I might have made up a few of the "ripped from the headlines quotes" -- okay, all of the headline quotes. But what did you expect? It's not published yet!
|
|
|
|