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“A beautiful and complex story ....elegant, engaging, and smart.”

Bustle

Ellen Umansky
2017-10-19T17:44:38+00:00

Bustle

“A beautiful and complex story ....elegant, engaging, and smart.”
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/257/

"Must-read."

Town & Country

Ellen Umansky
2017-10-19T17:46:01+00:00

Town & Country

"Must-read."
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/258/

"Umansky’s richly textured and peopled novel tells an emotionally and historically complicated story with so much skill and confidence it’s hard to believe it’s her first."

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Ellen Umansky
2016-11-20T23:49:22+00:00

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Umansky’s richly textured and peopled novel tells an emotionally and historically complicated story with so much skill and confidence it’s hard to believe it’s her first."
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/kirkus/

"Ellen Umansky’s novel, THE FORTUNATE ONES, is like the melody of a song that you can’t forget. Her marvelous, utterly human characters will stay with you."

David Gillham, author of  City of Women

Ellen Umansky
2016-11-20T23:50:16+00:00

David Gillham, author of  City of Women

"Ellen Umansky’s novel, THE FORTUNATE ONES, is like the melody of a song that you can’t forget. Her marvelous, utterly human characters will stay with you."
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/gillham/

“Umansky's multilayered novel asks the big questions with compassion, tenderness, and a deft touch.”

Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life 

Ellen Umansky
2016-11-20T23:51:20+00:00

Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life 

“Umansky's multilayered novel asks the big questions with compassion, tenderness, and a deft touch.”
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/yanagihara/

“THE FORTUNATE ONES is a riveting, page-turning novel that investigates the true price of art and love and history. It is both magnificent in its sweep and intimate in its telling."

Jennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers

Ellen Umansky
2016-12-24T20:35:06+00:00

Jennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers

“THE FORTUNATE ONES is a riveting, page-turning novel that investigates the true price of art and love and history. It is both magnificent in its sweep and intimate in its telling."
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/185/

“Original and tremendously moving...leaves readers with a sense of hope.” 


Booklist (starred review)

Ellen Umansky
2016-12-25T23:06:10+00:00

Booklist (starred review)

“Original and tremendously moving...leaves readers with a sense of hope.” 
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/189/

“Ellen Umansky is an absurdly gifted writer, and her masterful debut is so smart, so compelling, so emotionally and intellectually and morally complex, it will make you see the world in a completely different way."

Joanna Rakoff, My Salinger Year 

Ellen Umansky
2016-12-25T23:18:36+00:00

Joanna Rakoff, My Salinger Year 

“Ellen Umansky is an absurdly gifted writer, and her masterful debut is so smart, so compelling, so emotionally and intellectually and morally complex, it will make you see the world in a completely different way."
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/191/

“With remarkable elegance and electric prose, Ellen Umansky has written a brilliant novel... I stayed up all night reading this book and it left me weeping, in awe of her gifts and, more than anything, so lucky to be alive.”

Joanna Hershon, A Dual Inheritance 

Ellen Umansky
2016-12-25T23:21:04+00:00

Joanna Hershon, A Dual Inheritance 

“With remarkable elegance and electric prose, Ellen Umansky has written a brilliant novel... I stayed up all night reading this book and it left me weeping, in awe of her gifts and, more than anything, so lucky to be alive.”
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/192/

“A subtle, emotionally layered novel about the ways art and other objects of beauty can make tangible the invisible, undocumented moments in our lives."

The New York Times Book Review

Ellen Umansky
2017-03-13T18:22:11+00:00

The New York Times Book Review

“A subtle, emotionally layered novel about the ways art and other objects of beauty can make tangible the invisible, undocumented moments in our lives."
http://ellenumansky.com/testimonials/225/
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