About the Author:
HELEN SCHULMAN is the author of the novels P.S., The Revisionist, and Out of Time, and the short story collection Not a Free Show. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Vanity Fair, Time, Vogue, GQ, The Paris Review, and the New York Times Book Review. She lives in New York City.
Review:
"Impressive and effortless-looking . . . A Day At the Beach is a riveting story that captures the zeitgeist pitch-perfectly." --Kurt Andersen, author of The Turn of the Century and Heyday and host of "Studio 360"
"Schulman succeeds in creating an identifiable emotional landscape out of an incomprehensible tragedy." Kirkus Reviews
"[Schulman writes with] a depth and realism that disturbingly recalls the events [of 9/11] while also transforming them into art." Library Journal Starred
"A haunting, poignant remembrance." Publishers Weekly
"Schulman bravely and skillfully illuminates the domino effect of the falling towers on people’s psyches and lives." --Bliss Broyard Elle
"Finely wrought, deeply felt and mercifully funny." --Sarah Towers The New York Times Book Review
"Entrancing . . . [Schulman] exhibits an artist's eye for detail." --Melissa Rose Bernardo Entertainment Weekly
"Tackles its own concerns . . . with skill and intelligence. It's a novel of ideas, in the very best sense." --Carolyn See The Washington Post
"Makes me feel physically ill with jealousy that I did not write it, but physically ill in a good way." --Anne Lamott Time Magazine
"[Helen Schulman's] writing is distractingly, almost brazenly beautiful." The New Yorker
"Intense, disconcerting . . . a standout in the increasingly crowded field of 9/11 novels." --Ruth Franklin, Slate
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