"An erotically charged tale of tragic yearning, The Bride Stripped Bare lingers in memory like one of those heart-stopping dreams filled with eerily familiar strangers." -- Boston Sunday Herald

"Titillating...like an artful striptease, The Bride Stripped Bare ensnares us with its rawness." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Artful...cannily perceptive...this unusual but strangely compelling novel offers an intimate chronicle of change and self-discovery." -- Publishers Weekly

"Unremitting, elegant and dark. I believe every woman should get married at least once, and read this novel twice." -- Suzanne Finnamore, author of Otherwise Engaged

"The Bride Stripped Bare shows us the inside-out of marriage, infidelity, obsession and taxi drivers (I may never take a cab ride in London again)....Few books can be both dark and light. This one dances on the edge, and sometimes crosses it, with much satisfaction to be had on either side." -- Valerie Frankel, author of The Accidental Virgin

"Incredibly raw and brutal...yet written with true grace and beauty. A brave and honest novel that lingered with me for days." -- Jane Green, author of Mr. Maybe and Babyville

"Escapist fiction as its intriguing best. 'The Bride Stripped Bare' is sexy with a capital X." -- Jill Davis, author of A Girl's Poker Night

"Simply too beautiful...a mesmerizing and disquieting novel that will deserve to be read again." -- Vogue Australia

"Wonderfully sensuous...witty in its construction...a subtle portrait of a modern marriage." -- Independent

"One of the few truly original voices to emerge in a long time." -- Time Out New York

"The sex is rude and raunchy and exactly where