"The harsh landscape in which Orringer's characters dwell corresponds to the fierce beauty of her writing. Just when you think they will stop-and lesser writers would stop-they keep going with inexorable momentum." - Ploughshare "Pure gems, rollicking along with scintillating prose and surety.
Orringer limns the ordinary, terrifying time between childhood and maturity so skillfully." - San Francisco Chronicle "Orringer's engaging wit, her eye for social detail, her ear for patterns of speech and thought, and her insights into human nature proclaim her a writer to be reckoned with." - Los Angeles Times This, Orringer's first book, is breathtakingly good, truly felt and beautifully delivered." - The Guardian Even her most bitter characters have a gift, the sharp wit of envy. "These stories are without exception clear-eyed, compassionate and deeply moving. How to Breathe Underwater is a dark and beautiful book." - The New York Times Book Review
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