The Rest of Our Lives

A deft, agile, intricate portrait of family life and midlife crisis, razor-sharp insights delivered with a throwaway lightness of touch . . . A perfect contemporary take on the American road-trip novel.

Pitch perfect in its first-hand delivery, its faithful depiction of the small failings and misfortunes of a life, The Rest of Our Lives resonates gloriously and sometimes momentously with our own.

Completely involving and so funny, wise and knowing about midlife disappointment and the melancholy compromises of marriage. I hope it gets all the praise and readers it deserves.

What an excellent novel about the rich, accumulated layers of marriage. The fissures and precious moments, the embedded resentments and tenderness in the relationship of Tom and Amy, it all forms such a real and complex portrait.

A compelling journey across contemporary America, and deep inside one man’s troubled psyche. Engrossing, moving and original.

One of the most astute novelists of modern America. The Rest of Our Lives is another quiet triumph, an elegant, devastating book.