"Michelle Herman's beautifully written and wise novel probes the crucial and enduring questions of how we choose our paths in life. Her naive heroine marries in haste and learns, at leisure, the many facets of love, its disappointments as well as its unexpected rewards. A pleasure to read." - Lynne Sharon Schwartz More praise for Michelle Herman For Dog , a novel "Phil the dog is one of the most admirable and engaging male characters you are likely to encounter between the pages of a book this year. His relations with the woman who has the good fortune to share his life are handled with exemplary insight, delicacy, and humor." - J.M. Coetzee "Herman writes with great good humor about a puppy invasion on a lonely life.

" - New York Times Book Review "Herman's spare novella is a haiku of loneliness and human redemption." - Entertainment Weekly "Told with humor, insight, and intelligence, this novel is as thought--provoking as it is charming." - Booklist "Dog is a novel for any of us, of whatever age, who have taken a look at our lives and wondered how we became who we are." - Boston Globe For Like A Song: Essays "A collection of six quietly transgressive essays about music that ultimately asks, Why speak when you can sing?" - O: The Oprah Magazine For The Middle of Everything: Memoirs of Motherhood "Michelle Herman knows the truth." - Kathryn Harrison "Fine writing and the sure, gifted voice of the storyteller prevail." - Amy Bloom "It is a gift to find such candor and honesty." - Virginia Quarterly Review.