This novel about the dreams of three generations of a Midwestern family begins with twelve-year-old Ann August and her ambitious mother, as they travel to California in search of fame and fortune
"Brilliant, funny, astonishing."
The New York Times Book Review "Stunning . . . Simpson takes on and reinvents many of America's essential myths."
The New York Times "Mona Simpson writes with confidence, with a swagger. She is already a master." Anne Tyler,
USA Today "
Anywhere But Hereis a wonder: big, complex, masterfully written, it's an achievement that lands [Simpson] in the front ranks of our best novelists."
Newsweek "The two women in this book are American originals. Ann is a new Huck Finn, a tough, funny, resourceful love of a girl. Adele is like no one I've encountered, at once deplorable and admirable and altogether believable." Walker Percy"
"Brilliant, funny, astonishing." --
The New York Times Book Review "Stunning . . . Simpson takes on--and reinvents--many of America's essential myths." --
The New York Times "Mona Simpson writes with confidence, with a swagger. She is already a master." --Anne Tyler,
USA Today "
Anywhere But Here is a wonder: big, complex, masterfully written, it's an achievement that lands [Simpson] in the front ranks of our best novelists." --
Newsweek "The two women in this book are American originals. Ann is a new Huck Finn, a tough, funny, resourceful love of a girl. Adele is like no one I've encountered, at once deplorable and admirable--and altogether believable." --Walker Percy