Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

"It wasn’t exactly a sudden disappearance, but fans of Alison Espach’s first novel, the wonderful The Adults, have had to wait 11 years for her follow-up. Good news: It’s more than worth it. Her second book follows Sally, a 28-year-old woman looking back on a year of her childhood in which her older sister was killed in a car crash. While the subject matter is obviously heartbreaking, Espach’s book is often quite funny, and the structure – it’s told in the second person – is fascinating. Espach once again proves that she’s a brilliantly talented author."

"Despite its tragic subject — grief over a teenage sibling's death — it's somehow very funny in between wrenching passages. I've reread the profound and moving final page several times the last few months."