Sweetgirl: A Novel - Brossura

” A riveting novel... far, far funnier than it has any right to be. If you’re a fan of Charles Portis and Denis Johnson--and if you’re not, then you should be--then this is book is exactly what you’ve been wanting, what you’ve been waiting for.” (Brock Clarke, author of The Happiest People in the World)

“[Sweetgirl is] filled with true wit, cunning, and the unwanted wisdom of a child denied a childhood. This novel comes on like the blizzard at its center, and leaves you dazzled and dazed not only by how much Travis Mulhauser knows, but how deeply he cares.” (Michael Parker, author of All I Have in this World)

“There’s a big old neon heart pulsing on every page of Sweetgirl, like the sign to a bar you can’t help but enter. I felt thrilled and shocked, and I couldn’t stop turning the pages. Travis Mulhauser is a writer to be reckoned with.” (Lindsay Hunter, author of Ugly Girls and Don't Kiss Me)

“Sweetgirl is a gritty, compelling novel of a world where even a sixteen-year-old must confront what Edith Wharton called ‘the hard considerations of the poor.’ Mulhauser depicts his people and their landscape with uncompromising fidelity.” (Ron Rash)

“[A] compulsively readable novel...finish the first chapter and you will be hooked...violent, dark, and impressively redemptive... Sweetgirl is a upper-Midwestern homage to great American quest novels like True Grit and Winter’s Bone. It is a truly memorable and remarkable read.” (Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs)

“The perfect balance of humor and heartache... a masterful debut... as wise as it is suspenseful, as funny as it is tragic... written with guts, grit, and grace, Sweetgirl is the book you want to keep you company on a cold winter’s night.” (Ploughshares, Best Books of the New Year)

“Sweetgirl works on so many levels, it’s difficult to know how to classify it... hilarious, heartbreaking and true, a major accomplishment from an author who looks certain to have an impressive career ahead of him.” (NPR)

A lean gutpunch of a novel surfaced from Cutler County this month, and its name is Sweetgirl―a lyrical tale that practically demands to be read in a single sitting. (Paste Magazine)

“smart, taut, and believable writing” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

“Mulhauser has created a suspenseful tale of sadness and redemption.” (Herald-Sun (Durham, NC))