I Am My Beloveds is a compulsive read, at turns heart-wrenching, angry, funny, and sweet, but always smart and vivid. Papernick is a master of growing empathy from the smallest detail, in doing so has crafted a winning protagonist in Ben Seidel, who I was eager to follow, warts and all, wherever his misadventures in open marriage might lead.--Sara Novic, author of Girl at War I Am My Beloveds is a warm, funny, thoughtful, and often heart-wrenching portrait of a modern couple testing the boundaries of their relationship, while exploring the outer limits of their love for each other. It's an engaging and timely read, perfect for a generation of readers much more open to the allure (and pitfalls) of polyamory.--Lana Popovic Harper, author of Poison Priestess, Blood Countess, and Wicked Like a Wildfire I Am My Beloveds, Jon Papernick's latest novel, is about many things: love and the lack of it, the passage of time and, most importantly, how we live now. I am full of admiration for this writer and his daring imagination. He is a truly gifted novelist, and this is his finest book.--Steve Yarbrough, author of The Unmade World and The Realm of Last Chances Jon Papernick's new novel is an intimate portrait of the way an increasing number of us live now.

I Am My Beloveds is up to the sexual second. It is fervent, fearless and funny. It may change the way you look at your neighbor's windows after dark.--Melvin Jules Bukiet, author of After and Strange Fire; editor of Neurotica: Jewish Writers on Sex Jon Papernick's storytelling is always compelling. Enticing, surprising, and provocative all at once.--Kevin Allison, Risk! Podcast and MTV's The State and Reno 911 Part Le Ronde and part Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, two very different couples intersect a brave new world through surrogacy, fidelity, pregnancy, aging parents, faith and loss. Raucous, revolutionary and also, so much fun.--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author of Pictures of You and Cruel Beautiful World.