Amy Falls Down (Hardcover) by Jincy Willett

from froxgirl

At least one guaranteed chortle of delight every 25 pages! I found this book and author in the Brown U magazine and what a discovery! Seems very roman a clef - Amy is a forgotten, formerly acclaimed writer of short stories and novels living in a peaceful California backwater. Amy is still numb fr...

from Jaylia3

Hilariously funny, while still managing to be moving and insightful This book is so funny I kept losing my place because I was laughing so hard, and I almost never laugh out loud while reading. Amy Gallup is an aging, has-been novelist, who never really broke through to the big time anyway, but t...

from khiemstra631

Jincy Willett has written a humorous and somewhat profound story about fictional author Amy Gallup. Amy lived her life as if in a cocoon, fearing many things. She basically had writer's block for years and produced nothing after her original post-college flurry of work. A lengthy marriage to a ga...

from beckyhaase

After a slow start I really found myself enjoying the witty (though very dry) humor in this book. Amy grows on you as you discover more of her character and background. I especially enjoyed the names of the chapters, trying to see if I could find the relationship as I read. Another part I liked w...

from nyiper

I liked Amy so much!! On page 192 Willett writes, for Amy, "It's easy enough to know that you like something: it's much harder to decide why and then say so in six hundred words"---not that 600 is required here to remind me about my feelings about a book when I look back later. This book had so m...