PRAISE FOR THE SECRET LIFE OF OBJECTS
โHer gift for capturing the nugget of a relationship in a single backward glance works
beautifully in this illustrated memoir.โ
โ The Chicago Tribune
โThe Secret Life of Objects is a lean, brilliant, playful memoir.โ
โ The San Francisco Chronicle
โYou may never look at that lamp the same way again after reading this evocative memoirโฆโ
โ O, The Oprah Magazine
โHer memoir reflects on everyday objects such as a cup, a ringโฆ From these memories comes a whole life story.โ
โ Readerโs Digest
โA unique, evocative memoirโฆwritten with all the wild bloom of imagination that
fiction brings to the table.โ
โ The Quivering Pen
โThis endearing memoir takes an assortment of otherwise ordinary possessions and
turns it into a series of delicate, resonant stories.โ
โ More Magazine
โโSometimes things shatter,โ Dawn Raffel writes in The Secret Life of Objects. โMore often they just fade.โ But in this evocative memoir, moments from the past do not fadeโthey breathe on the page, rendering a striking portrait of a woman through her connections to the people sheโs loved, the places she been, whatโs been lost, and what remains. In clear, beautiful prose, Raffel reveals the haunting qualities of the objects we gather, as well as the sustaining and elusive nature of memory itself.โ
โ Samuel Ligon, author of Drift and Swerve: Stories
โDawn Raffel puts memories, people and secrets together like perfectly set gems in these shimmering stories, which are a delight to read. Every detail is exquisite, every character beautifully observed, and every object becomes sacred in her kind, capable hands. I savored every word.
โ Priscilla Warner, author of Learning to Breathe โ My Yearlong Quest to Bring Calm to My Life
