Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking - by Aoibheann Sweeney (Paperback)

About the Book

Miranda's often-elusive father announces that he has arranged for her to travel to New York to stay with friends from his old life. After she embarks on this journey that reveals the truth about her father's past, it opens up her world in ways she cannot begin to imagine.

Book Synopsis

Critically acclaimed by reviewers across the country, Aoibheann Sweeney's beautifully written debut novel is a story of the profound human need for intimacy. For Miranda, the adolescence spent in her fog-shrouded Maine home has been stark and isolated-alone with her troubled father, a man consumed with his work translating Ovid's Metamorphoses, her mother mysteriously gone from their lives. Now, having graduated from high school, Miranda's father arranges for her to stay with old friends in Manhattan, and she embarks on a journey that will open up her father's past and her own world, in ways she cannot begin to imagine.

Review Quotes

? A magical, wonderful novel that is Shakespeare and Ovid, Wharton and Altman . . . [Her] authentic voice takes us back to our unborn selves.?
?Andr? Aciman, author of "Call Me by Your Name"

? A terrific debut novel . . . you won?t regret sinking into this book.?
?"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"

? Remarkable for its poise and restraint, this first novel unleashes a sharp and wholly original new voice.?
?Jennifer Egan, author of "The Keep"



A magical, wonderful novel that is Shakespeare and Ovid, Wharton and Altman . . . [Her] authentic voice takes us back to our unborn selves.
Andr Aciman, author of "Call Me by Your Name"
A terrific debut novel . . . you won t regret sinking into this book.
"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
Remarkable for its poise and restraint, this first novel unleashes a sharp and wholly original new voice.
Jennifer Egan, author of "The Keep"

a A magical, wonderful novel that is Shakespeare and Ovid, Wharton and Altman . . . [Her] authentic voice takes us back to our unborn selves.a
aAndrA(c) Aciman, author of "Call Me by Your Name"
a A terrific debut novel . . . you wonat regret sinking into this book.a
a"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
a Remarkable for its poise and restraint, this first novel unleashes a sharp and wholly original new voice.a
aJennifer Egan, author of "The Keep"