"Allison Amend is a gifted storyteller, whose view of contemporary life is often wonderfully acute, original, and surprising."--Alison Lurie, author of Foreign Affairs: a Novel...

“Darkly funny and ferociously readable, Other Resort Cities is a book you'll want to spend your entire holiday reading. Because of the subtle crime plots that give each story momentum, Goldberg's book doubles as an ideal choice for mystery-lovers.”—Tucson Weekly

An emotionally powerful book; it is organic, surprising, and edgy in a way that will appeal to male readers as well as female readers. It has the potential to be groundbreaking in its raw, honest portrayal of a just-barely-functioning family. Billy Lombardo is interested in the beauty of words. H...