Borsky's... language remains fresh and surprising, her details accurate and wryly didactic.
The Globe and Mail
...the best group of stories I've read in a long time...[Borsky] creates intimacy within her stories, a sense that we are seeing deeply beneath the surface of whatever she takes our attention to. This is an exceptional accomplishment indeed.
National Post
Borsky's strength lies in her ability to infuse sad or infuriating situations with just enough humour to make them feel true to life. Her characters are like people we know, from the single mother in the apartment down the hall to the person reflected in the mirror.
Quill & Quire
Borsky is one of those hidden literary gems...
The Ottawa Citizen
Like Raymond Carver, Mary Borsky has a stunning gift for quiet devastation. She writes about the disappointments and bewilderment at the heart of life with a puzzled, aching sense of wonder.
Elizabeth Hay, author of Garbo Laughs and A Student of Weather
Mary Borsky writes with sly humour; you step back and it knocks you over. Her images swoop in, startle and surprise. But there is also an underlying current of suppressed panic, imminent disaster. I know of no other writer who can pack a wallop of tension into so few sentences, I found myself reading brilliant stories such as People Like Us and Viewfinder with my gut clenched. And then I laughed until my shoulders were shaking, and, at the flip of a page, I was pulled into real pain. The power of Borsky's writing is unrelenting.
Frances Itani, author of Deafening and Remembering the Bones
Oh, the hapless and comical people Mary Borsky has inside her head! This book made me want to shake them out of her, gather them to me in the flesh, offer them advice, feed them soup. Attention all sensitive and generous readers everywhere: this book will open your heart. Read it and give it a home on your shelves.
Caroline Adderson, author of Pleased to Meet You and Sitting Practice