Description
Powerful. Koppelman's instincts help her navigate these choppy waters with inventiveness and integrity. --Los Angeles Times
Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Silverman in her dramatic-acting debut, and Josh Charles, I Smile Back tells the affecting tale of Laney Brooks, a mother and wife on a self-destructive streak. She takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney's seemingly composed surface is the impulse to follow in her father's footsteps, to leave and topple her family's balance in the process.
"This crushing novel by the author of A Mouthful of Air is a shocking portrait of suburban ennui gone horribly awry. Koppelman's prose style is understated and crackling; each sentence is laden with a foreboding sense of menace. Like a crime scene or a flaming car wreck, it becomes impossible not to stare." --Publishers Weekly
Author: Amy Koppelman
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Published: 12/22/2015
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781937512422
ISBN10: 1937512428
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Amy Koppelman is a graduate of Columbia's MFA program. Her writing has appeared in The New York Observer and Lilith. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children, and is the author of the novels, A Mouthful of Air, and I Smile Back. She adapted the screenplay for the film from her own novel.