THE ART OF QUITTING GRACEFULLY

Joan Cantrell’s debut novel of the prodigal daughter, the drowning mother. A tale of wanting to break away, only to to find yourself back where you started.
- Gina Denalis Book Revue

Cantrell crafts something universal here. Something raw and real, angry, despairing, and hopeful.
- Fiona Shanali New York Pages

TAQG staggers, breaking your heart, on its way to something approaching genius.
- Michaela L. Smyth-Olubi Paris to Berlin

I can’t think of anyone who captures the terrors of motherhood as well as Cantrell. I can’t think of anyone who captures mothers and daughters, like a Turgenev for our times.
- John Schwartzmann The Press

A tour de force debut. Like the very best writers she does not manufacture cheap answers.
- Pierre LaFontaine Chicago Reader