”Beautiful… arresting … A deeply personal account … As more books are published, we increasingly seek out those writers who promise to give us something more than mere fiction. We want books made out of lives … The value of Malmquist’s book is precisely that it retains a trace of true human presence — carefully preserved by the author.” —The Guardian

Praise from booksellers ...

“This remarkable debut novel, partially biographical, will make your heart ache with empathy, then send your spirit soaring with hope.”
   —Linda Bond, Auntie's Bookstore (Spokane, WA)

“While technically fiction, Malmquist's book has the quality of feeling incredibly heartfelt and personal. A story of tragedy and grief, the novel's power comes from its universal emotional quality and Malmquist's poetic flourishes.”
   —Justin Souther, Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café (Asheville, NC)

“With a velocity unlike any hospital drama, Malmquist captures the chill of the medical staff and his forced navigation of a clinical, emotionless world where he may suffer an unbearable loss.”
   —Janine De Boisblanc, Orinda Books (Orinda, CA)

Praise for the original Swedish edition …

“People around me who lifted this book up have not been able to put it down. Nor will you be able to. Tom Malmquist has written one of the most hypnotically terrifying love books I have read. Heartbreakingly relentless. … This is a book written, not only in strong emotion, but also with a brutal skill.”— HELSINGBORGS DAGBLAD

“Impossible to resist … There is so much humanity in this book. Equally hilarious and unremarkable as rich in purpose. Just as dirty as beautiful.” — EXPRESSEN

“It is not only admiration, but also wonder, that I feel about Malmquist’s way of facing the grief with linguistic energy, of never lapsing into an already frayed image of death, love and longing — instead writing through, both death and love — but in his own way.” — KULTURNYTT

-National review campaign: New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, etc.

-National print campaign, features and profiles: New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Oprah Magazine, People, Elle, etc.

-National and targeted Radio Tour

-Pre-pub buzz campaign to book bloggers

-Targeted literary and cultural podcast campaign

-Trade ads in Shelf Awareness, PW, etc.

-1M+ Google display ad impressions

-1M+ FAcebook and Istragram ad impressions

-National advertising in print and digital