Alison Espach is a graduate of the Washington University in St. Louis MFA program. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Five Chapters, Glamour and other magazines. She grew up in Connecticut and now teaches creative writing in New York.
...bookshelf on our books page. What have you read recently and loved? I just read The Adults, by Alison Espach, which was amazing. It’s a coming-of-age story about a girl growing up in Connecticut, and it’s full of dramatic tension. There’s some...
...Jeff Bezos is testing the patience of America's independent booksellers once more. Back in June, Amazon named Alison Espach's debut novel The Adults one of its "Best Books of 2011...So Far." She was understandably happy, until the 'so far'...
...by Maeve Binchy tells of a motherless girl collectively raised by a closely-knit Dublin community. "The Adults" by Alison Espach shows an intelligent high school student exposed to the world of grown-ups who perform contemporary acts that are not highly...
...By Alison Espach (Simon and Schuster, $25) Alison Espach’s debut novel is the story of a dysfunctional family of three narrated by the observant only child, Emily Vidal. Espach shows Emily...
...circle, sometimes it's a braid, and sometimes it's amorphous, which is usually not a good sign. Alison Espach's debut novel, “The Adults,” is in bookstores now...
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