--Long-listed for the American Library Association's 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
"Meno makes the most banal prose--grunts and salutations, small talk over meals--compelling and necessary . . . He] has a knack for giving small happenings emotional weight . . . Meno knows how to make you love his characters, want what they want. But don't think he's going to let things turn out well for them. Marvels and wonders...