Ms. MacDonald strikes just the right tone as she exposes the brutal undercurrents of domestic life . [a] big, troubling and brave.novel. -- New York Times Book Review [Adult Onset is] the most accurate description of solo parenting I've ever read . [MacDonald's] writing is dizzying and brilliant, and often disorienting, which beautifully supports the novel's themes, perfectly capturing how it feels to be unmoored and seemingly alone. -- Associated Press Riveting . MacDonald's strong narrative is a compelling examination of the loneliness and the often-absurd helplessness of being a parent of young children.

-- Publishers Weekly An affecting, multilayered account of domestic ennui and the painful effects of long-held secrets on three generations. -- Kirkus Ann-Marie MacDonald captures the dark hilarity of parenthood like nobody else. I gulped down Adult Onset in a single day. -- Emma Donoghue, author ROOM and FROG MUSIC A complex, troubling novel that cuts with surgical precision into the sinew and muscle of family life. -- Sarah Waters, author of PAYING GUESTS In Adult Onset, MacDonald . has again delivered a masterpiece. -- Michelle Dean, the Globe & Mail.